6478.  Adulteration and Miisferamdiag of dairy feed.    XT. S.     *     *     *     v. 245
Sacks   of  Dairy Feed.     Consent  decree  of  condemnation   and  for??
feiture.    Prodnci ordered released on bond.     (F. & D. No. 9535.    I. S.
No. 16039-p.    S. No. E-1183.)
On December 13, 1918, the United States attorney for the Northern District?
of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for 'the seizure and?
condemnation of 245 sacks of Daisy dairy feed labeled, " Guaranteed analysis:?
Protein, 13.25 per cent; fat, 3.50 per cent; fiber, 12.50 per cent," remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the?
article had been shipped on or about October 24, 1918, by the Sutherland Flour?
Mills Co., Cairo, 111., and transported from the State of Illinois into the State?
of Georgia, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a?
substance containing lower percentages of protein and fat and a higher per??
centage of fiber than those indicated on the labels and tags had been mixed?
and packed with, and substituted wholly or in part for, an article containing?
the percentages of protein, fat, and fiber as indicated on the labels, which said?
article, containing said higher percentages of protein and fat and a lower per??
centage of fiber, the aforesaid product falsely purported to contain and to be,?
so as to reduce
 lower, and injuriously affect the quality of the article.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statements?
borne on the labels and on the tags attached to the sacks containing the?
article, regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein, were?
false and misleading in that said product did not contain 13.25 per cent of?
protein and did not contain 3.50 per cent of fat and did contain more than?
12.50 per cent of fiber; and for the further reason that it was labeled as afore??
said so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser and to cause him to believe?
that the product contained 13.25 per cent of protein, 3.50 per cent of fat, and?
only 12.50 per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it did not contain?
13.25 per cent of protein, 3.50 per cent of fat, and contained more than 12.50?
per cent of fiber.
On January 11, 1919, the said Sutherland Flour Mills Co., claimant, having?
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture?
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should be re??
leased to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and?
the execution of a bond in the sum of $250, in conformity with section 10 of?
the act.
J. R. RIGGS, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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