13540. Misbranding1 of cottonseed meal. V. S. v. 1,000 Saclcs and 490 
Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Default deerees of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and sale. (F. & D. Nos. 19480, 19485. I. S. Nos. 222S1-V, 
22283-v.    S. Nos. E-4901, E-4904.)
On January 14, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Virginia, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 1.490 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Radford, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Wilmington Oil & Fertilizer Co., from Wilmington, N. C, in part 
December 1, 1924, and in part December 2, 1924, and transported from the 
State of North Carolina into the State of Virginia, and charging misbranding
in violation of the food and drugs act.   The article was labeled in part: " Owl 
Brand    *    *    *    Protein 41%."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the 
reason that the statements " 41% Protein," with respect to one shipment of the 
product, and " 41% Protein 41%," with respect to the other shipment thereof, 
were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, in that the 
article contained very much less than 41 per cent of protein.
On June 9, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments of 
condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
R. W. DXTNXAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.