14891. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     V. S. v. 300  Sacks of Cottonseed
Meal.    Decree of condemnation entered.    Product released under 
bond.    (F. & D. No. 21618.    I. S. No. 2358-x.    S. No. C-5106.)
On February 1, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Tennessee, 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 300 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Knoxville, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Rome Oil Mill, Rome, Ga., January 20, 1927, and transported from the 
State of Georgia into the State of Tennessee, and charging misbranding in vio- 
lation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " 100 Pounds 
Cottonseed Meal—Ammonia 8%."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement "Ammonia 8%," borne on the label, was false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser, since the ammonia content of the said article 
was less than 8 per cent.
On February 11, 1927, the Davis Grain & Feed Co., Knoxville, Tenn., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture 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 $300, conditioned in part that it be 
relabeled to show the true contents.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.