18717. Misbranding of potatoes. IT. S. v. 260 Sacks and 260 Sacks of Pota- 
toes. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc- 
tion. (F. & D. Nos. 19386, 19396. I. S. Nos. 19942-v, 19948-v. S. Nos. 
C-4572, C-4578.)
On December 16 and 18, 1924, respectively, the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said: district libels 
praying the seizure and condemnation of 520 sacks of potatoes, remaining un- 
sold in the original packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange, in part from Sidney, 
Mich., on or about November 25, 1924, and in part from Remus, Mich., on or 
about November 26, 1924, and transported from the State of Michigan into the 
State of Louisiana, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and 
drugs act.    The article was labeled in part:  "Chief Petoskey U.  S. No. 1
* *    *    Distributed By Michigan Potato Growers Exchange, Cadillac, Mich." 
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that the
statement " U. S. No. 1," borne on the labels, was false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser.
On June 20, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment* 
of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it, was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.