13425. Misbranding   of   cottonseed   cake.      IT.   S.   v.   30O   Sacks   of   Cottonseed
Cake. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 19536. I. S. No. 22699-v. S. No. 
W-942.)
On January 26, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Colo- 
rado, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of tlie United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and 
condemnation of 300 sacks of cottonseed cake, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by the Rotan Cotton Oil Mill, 
Rotan, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped from Rotan, Tex., on 
or about January 10, 1925, and transported from the State of Texas into the 
State of Colorado, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs 
act. The article was labeled in part: " 43% Protein Cracked Cottonseed 
Cake Prime Quality Manufactured by Rotan Cotton Oil Mill, Rotan, Texas. 
Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein not less than 43%."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement " Crude Protein not less than 43%," borne on the labels, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, since the said article 
did not contain 43 per cent of protein.
On March 10, 1925, the Rotan Cotton Oil Mill, Rotan, Tex., 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 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 $1,200, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
R. W. DUXLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.