13334. Misbranding of cottonseed cake and cottonseed meal.     IT.  S. v.  185
Sacks of Cottonseed Cake and 230 Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond.' (F. & D. No. 19923. I. S. Nos. 20877-v, 20878-v, 
20879-v.    S. No. W-1686.)
On March 25, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed m the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and condemna- 
tion of 185 sacks of cottonseed cake and 230 sacks of cottonseed meal, remain- 
ing in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by the 
Hobart Cotton Oil Mill, Hobart, Okla., alleging that the articles had been 
shipped from Hobart, Okla., on or about March 4, 1925, and transported from 
the State of Oklahoma into the State of Colorado, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The articles were labeled in part: 
?" Chickasha Prime Cottonseed * * * Guaranteed Analysis Protein, not 
less than 43 per cent * * * Chickasha Cotton Oil * * * Chickasha, 
Oklahoma."
Misbranding of the articles was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement " Protein, not less than 43 per cent," borne on the labels, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, in that the products 
did not contain 43 per cent of protein.
On April 6, 1925, the Chickasha Cotton Oil Co., Chickasha, Okla., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the products 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.
R. W. DUNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.