7556. Adulteration and misbranding of shorts.    TJ. S.    *    *     *    v. 200 Saclts
of Alleged Sliorts. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and sale.     (F. & D. No. 11508.    I. S. Nos. 8337-r, 8338-r.    S. No. 0-1560.)
On November 6, 1919, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
North Carolina, 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 200 sacks of alleged shorts, at Vass, N. C, alleging that 
the article had been shipped on or about September 18, 1919, by the Lancaster 
Commission Co., East St. Louis. Ill., and transported from the State of 
Illinois into the State of North Carolina, and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
reground bran had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly for, 
ground shorts, which the article purported to be, and for the further reason that 
it was mixed in a manner whereby its inferiority was concealed.
Misbanding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was an imitation 
of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, to 
wit, " Brown Shorts." Misbranding of the article was alleged for the further 
reason that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was 
not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On or about December 19, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.