9981. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut feed. U. S. * * * v. 
200 Sacks of Peanut Feed, et al. Decrees permitting release of 
product under bond.     (F. & D. Nos. 602-c, 603-c, 604-c, 605-c.)
On or about June 8, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of Florida, acting upon reports by the State chemist, Department of 
Agriculture of Florida, filed in the District Court of the United States for 
said district libels for the seizure and condemnation of 900 sacks of peanut 
feed, at Tampa, Fla., consigned by the Camilla Cotton Oil Co., Camilla, Ga.,. 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Camilla, Ga., on or about 
April 1 [23], 1920, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State 
of Florida, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, (tag) "100 Pounds Peanut 
Feed * * * Manufactured by Camilla Cotton Oil Co., Camilla, 
Ga.    *    *    * "
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that 
peanut hulls had been mixed and packed with, and substituted wholly or in 
part for, the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that certain statements appearing 
in the labeling, to wit, " Protein and Fat 30 per cent; Sugar and Starch 
22.00 per cent; Fibre 27.00 per cent," were false and misleading and deceived 
and misled the purchasers, since the said product contained less protein and 
fat, less sugar and starch, and more fiber than declared on said labeling.
On July 20, 1920, the B. B. Freeman Co., the R, E. Householder Co., the 
Consolidated Grocery Co., and the Cumberland & Liberty Mills Co., respectively, 
of Tampa, Fla., having entered appearances as claimants for the property, 
judgments of the court were entered ordering the release of the product to 
the said claimants upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execu- 
tion of good and sufficient bonds, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.