14852. Adulteration and misbranding of cottonseed meal. U. S. v. 400 
Sacks, et al., of Cottonseed Meal. Decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture.     Product   released   under   bond.      (F.   &   D.   No.   21476.
I. S. No. 11861-x.    S. No. E-5918.)
On December 23, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, 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 condem- 
nation of 790 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Lenoir Oil & Ice Co., from Kingston, N. C, on or about October 26, 1926, and 
transported from the State of North Carolina into the State of Maryland, and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Guaranteed Analysis Protein (minimum) 
36.00% Ammonia (minimum) 7.00% * * * Crude Fibre (maximum) 
14.00%."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in protein and containing excessive crude fiber 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.
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Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Protein (mini- 
mum) 36.00% Ammonia (minimum) 7.00% Crude Fiber (maximum) 14.00%," 
borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser, and in that it was offered for sale under the distinctive name of 
another article.
On January 3, 1927, the Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co., Atlanta, Ga., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in 
the sum of $1,150, conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed 
of until correctly labeled, and inspected and approved by this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.