55549. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. V. S. v. 160 Sacks of Cottonseed 
Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and foi-feiture. Product 
released under bond.     (F. & D. No. 22167.    I. S. No. 23053-x.    S. No. 218.)
On November 15, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
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 160 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Gunnison, Colo., consigned by the Memphis Cotton Oil Co., Memphis, Tex., 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Memphis, Tex., on or about 
November 4, 1927, and transported from the State of Texas into the State of 
Colorado, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: "43% Protein Cottonseed Meal. Prime 
Quality. Manufactured by Memphis Cotton Oil Company, Memphis, Texas. 
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein' Not Less than 43.00 Per Cent."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statements " 43% Protein " and " Crude Protein Not Less than 43.00 Per Cent" 
were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, since the 
said cottonseed meal did not contain 43 per cent of protein.
On January 16, 1928, the Memphis Cotton Oil Co., Memphis, Tex., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, 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 execution of a bond in the sum 
of $500, conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary 
to law.
W. M. JARDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.