14894. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     U. S. v. 400 Sacks  of Cottonseed
Meal. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond. (F. & D. No. 21617. I. S. Nos. 2344-x, 2347-s, 2348-x. 
S. No. E-5948.)
On February 2, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Lancaster, Pa., consigned by Humphreys-Godwin, Sheffield, 
Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped from Sheffield, Ala., on or about 
January 13, 1927, and transported from the State of Alabama into the State of 
Pennsylvania, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Choice-Prime Cotton Seed Meal 100 Pounds 
Net Guaranteed Analysis Min. Protein 41.12%."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded, in that the state- 
ment " Guaranteed Analysis Min. Protein 41.12%," borne on the label, was false 
and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On February 16, 1927, John W. Eschelman & Sons, 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 execu- 
tion of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that it be relabeled 
under the supervision of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.