144. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. V. S. v. 400 Sacks of Cottonseed 
Meal. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (P. & D. No. 21651.    I. S. No. 15420-x.    S. No. C-5326.)
^February 17, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
siana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
ifruit Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
^condemnation of 400 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original 
gjt&en packages at Bogalusa, La., alleging that the article had been shipped 
'*ie Betta Seed Mills, Inc., Jackson, Miss., on or about February 7, 1927, 
transported from the State of Mississippi into the State of Louisiana, and 
jpig misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article 
|Habeled in part: " Choice Cottonseed Meal Manufactured By The Buckeye
Oil Company,  Jackson,   Mississippi.   Guaranteed  Analysis   *    *    * 
te Protein, not less than 41.12 per cent."
sbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
^rnent, regarding the said article, " Crude Protein, not less than 41.12 per 
V* borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and misled 
purchaser.
-April 25, 1927, the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., Jackson, Miss., having ap- 
retf as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of
the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it waj 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upoi 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in t&i 
sum of $680, conditioned in part that it be relabeled to conform with Govern! 
ment analysis. 
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W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.'I