6113. Adulteration and misbranding; of cottonseed meal. U. S. * * * v.?
40O Sacks * * * of so-called Cotton Seed Meal. Consent decree of?
condemnation and forfeiture.     Product ordered released  on bond.
(F. & D. No. 371-c.)
On December 26, 1917, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of the State Board of Health of Kansas,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the?
seizure and condemnation of 400 sacks of so-called cottonseed meal, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Eureka, Kans., alleging that the?
article had been shipped on or about December 17, 1917, by the Feeders Supply?
Co., Kansas City, Mo, and transported from the State of Missouri into the?
State of Kansas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act, as amended.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that it consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable and animal sub??
stance.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the sacks did not?
contain any label of any kind or character showing the net weight of the?
product, or the composition or food value of the same.
On January 4, 1918, the said Feeders Supply Co., claimant, having con??
sented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered,?
and it was ordered by the court that the product should be released to said?
claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution?
of a bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, condi??
tioned in part that the product should be correctly labeled, branded, or have?
tags affixed thereto showing the correct net weight of said sacks and the true?
nature and character of the product contained therein.
It. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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