12577. Misbranding? of cottonseed meal.    tJ. S. v. 400  Sacks  of Cottonseed
Meal. Decree of condemnation and' forfeiture. Product released 
under bond to be relabeled. (F. & D. No. 18272. I. S. No. 13705-v. 
S. No. E^-4720.)
On January 23, 1924, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed w 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 400 sacks of cottonseed meal remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Fayetteville, Pa., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the International Vegetable Oil Co., from Raleigh, N. C, on 
or about November 11, 1923, and transported from the State of North Carolina 
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
label bore statements regarding the said article and the ingredients and sub- 
stances contained therein, to wit, "High Grade Cotton Seed Meal * * * 
Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 41.12% Equivalent to Ammonia 
8.00%," which were false and misleading and deceived and misled the pur- 
chaser in that the said article contained less than 41 per cent of protein, 
equivalent to 8 per cent of ammonia.
On March 24, 1924, the Fayetteville Feed & Grain Co., Fayetteville, Pa., 
having appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation 
and forfeiture was 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 sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 
10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be relabeled under the supervision 
of this department.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.