15381. Adulteration   and   Misbranding of   cottonseed   meal.     U.   S.   v.   S(
Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Default decree of condemnation, fo 
feiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 21498. I. S. No. 13604-x. S. b 
E-5919.)
On or about January 3, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southei 
District of  Florida,  acting upon a  report by the Secretary  of Agricultur 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel pra 
ing seizure and condemnation of 300 sacks ofi cottonseed meal, remaining 
the original unbroken packages at Miami, Fla., alleging that the article hi 
been shipped by the Empire Cotton Oil Mills, from Valdosta, Ga., on or abo 
November 2, 1926, and transported from the State of Georgia into the State 
Florida, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the fo< 
and drugs act.   The article was labeled in part: "100 Lbs.   *   *   *   Secoi 
Class   Cottonseed   Meal    *   *   *    Guaranteed   Analysis   Ammonia    *   * 
7.00%."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a SL 
stance, cottonseed feed which contained less than 7 per cent ammonia, h 
been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injurious 
affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly or in ps 
for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement "AmmOB 
* * * 7 00%," borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceiv 
and misled the purchaser.
On March 26, 1927, no claimant having appeared foi' the property, judgme 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the coi 
that the 9 sacks of the product actually seized be destroyed by the Unit 
States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture