12014. Adulteration and misbranding of cottonseed meal.     IT. S. v. 30 Bags,
et al., of Cottonseed Meal. Consent decrees of condemnation and 
forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 17175, 
17177.    I. S. Nos. 3259-v, 3272-v.    S. No. E-4281.)
On or about January 19, 1923, 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 praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 105 bags of cottonseed meal, remaining unsold 
in the original unbroken packages at Tampa, Fla., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Planters Oil Co., from Albany, Ga., on or about 
November 17, 1922, 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: " One Hundred Lbs. Second 
Class Cotton Seed Meal Manufactured by Planters Oil Co. Albany, Ga. 
Guaranteed Analysis. Ammonia * * * 7.00 per cent * * * Protein 
36.00 per cent."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels' for the reason that a 
substance deficient in protein (ammonia) had been mixed and packed there- 
with 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 statements in the labeling, 
" Cotton Seed Meal * * * Guaranteed Analysis. Ammonia * * * 7.00 
per cent * * * Protein 36.00 per cent," were false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser, since the article was deficient in protein.
On February 21, 1923, the Planters Oil Co., Albany, Ga., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels and consented to the entry of decrees, 
judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered 
by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment 
of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the aggregate 
sum of $450, in conformity with section 10 of the1 act.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.