14870. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     U. S. v. 200  Sacks  of Cottonseed
Meal.    Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product 
released   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   21449.    I.   S.   No.   15009-x.    S    No
W-1885.)
On December 9, 1926. the United States attorney forthe District of Colorado, 
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 200 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Ladle, Colo., consigned by the Rotan Cotton Oil Mill, Rotan, Tex., alleging 
that the article had been shipped from Rotan, Tex., on or about November 26, 
1926, 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: "Prime Quality Cottonseed Meal Manufactured by Rotan 
Cotton Oil Mill, Rotan, Texas   Crude Protein not less than 43%."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded, in that the state- 
ment " Protein not less than 43%," borne on the label, was false and misleading 
and deceived and misled the purchaser, because said product did contain less 
than 43 per cent of protein.
On December 31, 1926, the Sweetwater Cotton Oil Co., Sweetwater, 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 claim- 
ant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $500, conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed 
of contrary to law.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.