»656. Misbranding of cottonseed cake. V. S. * * * v. 400 Sacks * * * 
of Cottonseed Cake. Consent decree of condemnation and forfei- 
ture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 13768. I. S. No. 
463-t.     S. No. C-2548.)
On October 7, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, 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 
condemnation of 400 sacks, more or less, of cottonseed cake, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Gilmer Cottonseed Oil Co., Gilmer, Tex., on or about Sep- 
tember 22, 1920, and transported from the State of Texas into the State of Mis- 
souri, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the statement on the labels of the sacks containing the said article, " 100
Lbs. Net," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, 
and for the further reason that the said article was food in package form, and 
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked and 
stated on the outside of the package, since the quantity stated was incorrect.
On October 14, 1920, the Gilmer Cottonseed Oil Co., Gilmer, Tex., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree 
of condemnation and forfeiture, judgment was entered by the court ordering 
that the product be released to said claimant upon 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. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.