14604. Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   cottonseed   meal.     TJ.   S.   v.   300
Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture. Product released nnder bond. (F. & D. No. 20784. I. S. 
No. 6663-x.    S. No. E-5615.)
On or about February 12, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 300 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining 
in the original unbroken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by the Americus Oil Co., from Americus, Ga., on 
or about January 1, 1926, and transported from the State of Georgia into 
the State of Florida, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Cotton Seed Meal 
Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co. Atlanta, Ga.   Paramount Brand Ammonia 7.00%."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in ammonia had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce, lower or injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement "Ammonia 
7.00% Cotton Seed Meal," borne on the label, was false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was 
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On February 19, 1926, the Americus Oil Co., Americus, Ga., 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 cost of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $260, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
W. M. JABDmE, Secretary of Agriculture.