11458.?Adulteration   and   misbranding:   of   cottonseed   meal.     U.   S.   v.   (300
Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Decree of condemnation and for??
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & JD. No. 17430. I. S.?
No. 23452-t.     S. No. E-4336.)
On March 27, 1923, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel of information?
praying the seizure and condemnation of 600 sacks of cottonseed meal, re??
maining in the original unbroken packages at Northampton, Mass., alleging?
that the article had been shipped by the Humphreys-Godwin Co., from Au??
gusta, Ga., on or about February 6, 1923, and transported from the State?
of Georgia into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration and?
misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled?
in part: " 100 Pounds Net Danish Brand Cotton Seed Feed Guaranteed Analy??
sis Protein 36.00? Equivalent Nitrogen 5.75? * * * Manufactured For?
Humphreys-Godwin Company Memphis, Tenn. MJade From Cottonseed Meal?
and Cottonseed Hulls."
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a?
substance low in protein had been mixed and packed therewith so as to?
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and had been substituted?
in whole or in part for cottonseed meal containing 36 per cent of protein,?
the equivalent of 5.75 per cent of nitrogen, which the said article purported?
to be.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement?
regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein,?
to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein 36.00? Equivalent Nitrogen 5.75?,"?
borne on the sacks containing the article, was false and misleading and?
deceived and misled the purchaser in that the said statement represented?
that the article contained 36 per cent of protein, the equivalent of 5.75 per?
cent of nitrogen, whereas, in fact and in truth, it did not but did contain a?
less amount.
On April 17, 1923, the Humphreys-Godwin Co., Memphis, Tenn., having?
entered an appearance as claimant for the property and having filed a sat??
isfactory bond in conformity with section 10 of the act, judgment of con??
demnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product?
might be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the?
proceedings.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.