1K959. Misbranding1 of cottonseed cake and meal. U. S. v. 50 Sacks of Cot- 
tonseed Cake and 185 Cases (Sacks) of Cottonseed Meal. Consent 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 20658.    I. S. Nos. 341-x, 342-x.    S. No. W-1821.)
On November 27, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Colo- 
rado, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dist- 
rict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 50 sacks of cottonseed cake and 185 sacks of cottonseed 
meal, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging 
that the article had been shipped from Sherman, Tex., on or about September 
22, 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: (Tag) "Chickasha Cotton Oil Co. Chickasha, Okla. * * * 
Manufacturers Of Cotton Seed Products * * * Prime Cottonseed Cake or 
Meal    *    *    *    Guaranteed Analysis: Protein not less than 43 per cent."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement "Protein not less than 43 per cent," borne on the label, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, in that the product 
did not contain 43 per cent of protein.
On December 11, 1925, the Grayco Milling Co., Sherman, 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 $400, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture