6438. Adulteration of Uncle Sam fancy white oats. U. S. * * * v. 300? Sacks * * * Oats. Constat decree of condemnation and forfei?? ture. Product ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 8649. I. S.? No. 9393-p. S. No. C-777.) On December 15, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of? Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis?? trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con?? demnation of 300 sacks of Uncle Sam fancy white oats, consigned on or about? November 27, 1917, by Samuel Hastings Co., Cairo, 111., remaining unsold in the? original unbroken packages at Center, Tex., alleging that the article had been? shipped and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Texas, and? charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was? labeled in part, " Samuel Hastings, Cairo, 111., Uncle Sam Fancy White Oats." Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that added? water had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuri?? ously affect its quality, and had been substituted in part for Uncle Sam fancy? white oats, which the article purported to be. On March 19, 1918, the said Samuel Hastings Co., claimant, having consented? 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. C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretory of Agriculture. 512 BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. [Supplement 59,