10500. Adulteration and Misbranding of cottonseed meal, TJ. S. * * * 
v. 400 Sacks and 400 Sacks of * * * Cottonseed Meal. Consent 
decrees  approving sale  of product for fertilizer purposes.      (F.   &
D. Nos. 15897, 15915.    I. S. Nos. 9357-t, 9360-t.    S. Nos. E-3752, E-3730.)
On or about January 6 and 16, 1922, respectively, the United States attorney 
for the Southern District of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels for the seizure and condemnation of 800 sacks of alleged cottonseed meal, 
remaining unsold in the orig: nal unbroken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., con- 
signed by the Central Oil Co., Macon, Ga., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about December 9 and 29, 1921, respectively, 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: "100 Lbs. Cotton Seed Meal Manufactured by Central Oil 
Company, Macon, Georgia    *    *    * "
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that a 
substance deficient in ammonia, or protein, had been mixed and packed there- 
with so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article and for the further reason 
that the article had been mixed and packed in a manner whereby inferiority 
was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the art cle was" an 
imitation of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another 
article, and for the further reason that the statements on the tags attached 
to the sacks containing the said article, " Nitrogen 5.76 per cent" and "Ammo- 
nia, not less than 7.00 per cent," regardng the article and Ihe ingredients and 
substances contained there n, were false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, since the said article contained considerably less than 
5.76 per cent of nitrogen and 7.00 per cent of ammonia.
On January 13 and 19, 1922, the Central Oil Co., Macon, Ga., having sold the 
property for fertilizer purposes subject to the entry of decrees authorizing" 
such sale, judgment by consent was entered approving the sa:d sale and 
ordering that the proceedings be dismissed, that the product be released for 
the purposes of such sale, and that the claimant pay the costs of the proceedings.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.