0980. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. U.S. * * * v. 200 Sacks of Cot- 
tonseed Meal. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
sale.     (F. & D. No. 463-c.)
On July 2, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, acting 
upon a report by the Chief of the Bureau of Inspection of the- Department of 
Agriculture of the State of Maine, filed in the District Court of the United 
States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 200 sacks 
of cottonseed meal, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at 
Portland, Me., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about June 4, 
1919, and transported-from the State of Georgia into the State of Maine, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part, " Good Cotton Seed Meal, Manufactured for W. D. Hall 
-Company, dealers, Atlanta, Ga."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the statement on the label, " Protein 36.00%," was false and misleading 
in that the article did not contain 36 per cent of protein, but contained an 
amount of protein materially less than 36 per cent.
On July 15, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and the product was ordered sold 
by the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.