13707. Misbranding of meat scrap.     U.  S. v. 26 Sacks  of Meat Scrap.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and  destruction.     (W   A
D. No. 20331.    I. S. No. 8652-x.    S. No. E-5452.) 
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On August 10, 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 condemna- 
tion of 26 sacks of meat scrap, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Gerniantown, Md., consigned on or about July 2, 1925, alleging that the article 
had been shipped by F. W. Bolgiano, Washington, D. C, and transported from 
the District of Columbia into the State of Maryland, and charging misbrand- 
ing in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
" Bone & Meat Scrap Guaranteed Analysis Protein 50% * * * Manufac- 
tured For F. W. Bolgiano & Co., Washington, D. C."    -
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement " Guaranteed Analysis Protein 50%," borne on the labels, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, in that the said state- 
ment represented that the article contained 50 per cent of protein, whereas, 
in truth and in fact, it contained a less amount.
On September 11, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.