14801. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. U. S. v. 400 Bags of Cottonseed 
Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released nnder bond.     (P. & D. No. 20710.    I.  S. No. 5603-x.    S. No.
E-5553.)
On December 11, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 400 bags of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from Cairo, Ill., November 27. 1925, and transported from the State of Illinois 
into the State of New York, and charging misbrand ng in violation of the 
food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " 100 Lbs. 
Net    *    *    *    Cotton Seed Meal."
It wa.s alleged in the libel that the article was short weight and was mis- 
branded, in that the statement " 100 Lbs. Net," borne on the label, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and in that it was 
food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and 
conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On December 16, 1925, the Cairo Oil Mill Co. having appeared as claimant 
for the property 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 $900, conditioned in 
part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to law, and if it 
be relabeled to be sold that each sack be filled to the declared weight of 100 
pounds under the supervision of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary  of Agriculture.