11926. Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   cottonseed   meal.     U.   S.   v.   160
Saclcs of Cottonseed Meal. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and sale.    (F. & D. No. 17553.    I. S. No. 9002-v.    S. No. E-4406.)
On June 4, 1923, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 160 sacks of cottonseed meal, at Greenfield, Mass, alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped by the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., from 
Indianapolis, Ind., on or about March 20, 1923, and transported from the 
State of Indiana into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration 
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
a product deficient in protein and containing excessive crude fiber had been
mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect 
its quality and strength and had been substituted in whole or in part for 
the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was labeled, " Para- 
mount Brand * * * Good Cotton Seed Meal Guaranteed Analysis Protein 
(minimum) 36.00% Ammonia (minimum) 7.00% * * * Crude Fibre (maxi- 
mum) 14.00% * * * Ingredients: Made from upland cotton seed," which 
statements were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser 
in that they represented that the said article was cottonseed meal containing 
not less than 36 per cent of protein and not more than 14 per cent of crude 
fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it was a product containing less than 
36 per cent of prote'n and more than 14 per cent of crude fiber. Misbrand- 
ing was alleged for the further reason that the article was a product low in 
protein and containing excessive crude fiber and was offered for sale and sold 
under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, cottonseed meal.
On November 5, 1923, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.