11845. Adulteration   and   misbranding;   of   cottonseed   meal.     U.   S.   v.   lOO
Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 17053. I. S. 
No. 7620-v.     S. No. W-1260.)
On December 23, 1922, the United States attorney for the District of Colo- 
rado, acting upon a reporf by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 100 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by the Greenville Cotton Oil 
Mill, Greenville, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped from Green- 
ville, Tex., on or about September 12, 1922, and transported from the State 
of Texas into the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " 100 
Pounds (Net) 43% Protein Cottonseed Meal Prime Quality Manufactured by 
Greenville Cotton Oil Mill, Greenville, Texas."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance low in protein and high in crude fiber had been mixed and packed 
with and substituted wholly or in part for 43 per cent protein cottonseed meal, 
prime quality, which the said article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statement, 
" Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent * * * 
Crude Fiber not more than 12.00 Per Cent," appearing in the labeling of the 
article, was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, since 
the said cottonseed meal contained less than 43 per cent of protein and more 
than 12 per cent of crude fiber.
On March 21, 1923, C. R. Garner & Co., claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod- 
uct be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the pro- 
ceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $250, in conformity with sec- 
tion 10 of the act.
HOWAED M. GOEE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.