14837. Adulteration and misbranding of meat and bone scrap.    V. S. v. 100
Sacks of Meat & Bone Scrap. Decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 21459. I. S. 
No. 11860-x.    S. No. B-5915.)
On December 15, 1926, 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 seizure and condemnation 
of 100 sacks of meat and bone scrap, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Walkersville, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Berg 
Co., from Philadelphia, Pa., on or about September 14, 1926, and transported 
from the State of Pennsylvania into the State of Maryland, and charging adul- 
teration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Berg"s 50% Protein Poultry Meat & Bone Scrap Guaran- 
teed Analysis Min. Protein 50.00% * * * Max. Fiber 2.00% * * * Man- 
ufactured By The Berg Company Incorporated.   Philadelphia, Pa."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in protein and containing excessive fiber and cottonseed hulls 
had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and 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 statements "50% Protein
* *    *    Meat   &   Bone   Scrap   Guaranteed   Analysis   Min.   Protein   50.00%
* * * Max. Fiber 2.00%," borne on the label, were false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that the article 
was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On January 5, 1927, the Berg Co., Philadelphia, Pa., having appeared as 
•claimant for the property, 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 $1,000, conditioned in part that it not be sold or disposed of 
until relabeled to show its contents, and inspected and approved by a repre- 
sentative of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.