14956.?Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   cottonseed   meal.     U.   S    v    120
Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Default decree of condemnation.' for??
feiture, and sale. (F. & D. No. 21513. I. S. No. 8703-x. S. No.?
E?59^5.)
On January 3, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, 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 120 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original?
unbroken packages at Northfield, Mass., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by the Montezuma Cotton Oil Co., Montezuma, Ga., and transported?
from the State of Georgia into the State of Massachusetts, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that?
a substance deficient in protein and containing excessive 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.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the label bore a statement?
" Guaranteed Analysis Protein 36.00? Fiber 14.00?," regarding the said?
article, which was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser,?
and in that the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of?
another article.
On March 23, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.