9496. Misbranding of tankage. TT. S. * * * v. 200 Sacks of Tankage. Decree entered ordering case dismissed and the product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 13219. I. S. No. 3406-t. S. No. C-2080.) On August 13, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of South Dakota, 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 tankage, remaining unsold in the original un- broken packages at Brookings, S. Dak., alleging that the article had been shipped by Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, Iowa, on or about April 8, 1920, and transported from the State of Iowa into the State of South Dakota, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department showed that it contained 57.41 per cent of protein. Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason that certain statements appearing on the sacks containing the article and on the tags attached to said sacks, regarding the ingredients and substances con- tained therein, were false1 and misleading in that the statement on the sacks, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein 60%," and the statement on each tag, " Decker's Protofod Seal Guaranteed 60% protein," were false and untrue, since the amount of protein contained in the said article was less than 60 per cent. On September 3, 1920, Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, Iowa, claimant, having paid the cost of the proceedings and executed a good and sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the product; be not sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act. it was ordered by the court that the product be released to said claimant and that the proceedings be dismissed. C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.