12881. Adulteration and misbranding of cottonseed meal. TJ. S. v. ISO Bags of Cottonseed Meal. Decree entered ordering product re- leased under bond to fee relabeled. (F. & D. No. 18920. I. S. No. 12718-v. S. No. &-4925.) On August 20, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, acting upon a .report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and condemna- tion of 150 bags of cottonseed meal, consigned on or about February 19, 1924, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Eastern Cotton Oil Co., from Edenton, N. C, and transported from the State of North Carolina into the State of Maryland, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Supreme Cotton Seed Meal * * * Manufactured by Eastern Cotton Oil Company Edenton, N. C. Guarantee Protein not less than 36.00% Equivalent to Ammonia 7.00% * * * Fibre not more than 14.00%." Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- stance low in protein (ammonia) and containing excessive fiber had been sub- stituted wholly or in part for the said article and had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength. Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the statements " Supreme Cotton Seed Meal * * * Guarantee Protein not less than 36.00% Equivalent to Ammonia 7.00% * * * Fiber not more than 14.00% " were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, in that the said statements represented that the article contained 36 per cent of protein, equiva- lent to 7 per cent of ammonia, and contained not more than 14 per cent of fiber, whereas it contained less than 36 per cent of protein, less than the equivalent of 7 per cent of ammonia, and contained more than 14 per cent of fiber. On September 10, 1924, the Eastern Cotton Oil Co., Edenton, N. C, having appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the material alle- gations of the libel, judgment of the court was entered, ordering that the prod- uct be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceed- ings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $800, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be properly labeled. W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.