13771. Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   cottonseed   meal.    U.   S.   v.   300
Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Decree of condemnation and forfei- 
ture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 19914. I. S. No. 
21297-v.     S. No. E-5191.)
On March 23, 1925, 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 
condemnation of 300 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co., from Fremont, N. C, December 12, 1924, and
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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: "Paramount Brand Good Cotton Seed Meal 
Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co. Atlanta, Ga. Guaranteed Analysis Protein (minimum) 
36.00% Ammonia   (minimum)   7.00%  Crude Fibre   (maximum)   14.00%."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in protein (ammonia) and containing excessive fiber had 
been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect 
its quality and strength and had been substituted wholly and in part for the 
said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statements " Good Cotton 
Seed Meal Guaranteed Analysis Protein (minimum) 36.00% Ammonia (mini- 
mum) 7.00% Crude Fibre (maximum) 14.00%," borne on the labels, were 
false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was 
alleged for the further reason that the article was offered for sale under the 
distinctive name of another article.
On April 22, 1925, the Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co., Atlanta, Ga., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation 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 $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that 
it not be sold or disposed of until properly labeled and until passed by a repre- 
sentative of this department.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.