16433. Misbranding of dairy feed.    tl. S. v. 65 Socks of Dairy Feed.    Default
decree of  condemnation, forfeiture,  and  sale.     (F.  & D.  No.  22699. 
I. S. No. 20381-x.     S. No. 739.)
On April 16, 1928, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Virginia, 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 65 sacks of dairy feed, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Harrisonburg, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Deal Bros. Milling Co., from Cumberland, Md., March 16, 1928, and trans- 
ported from the State of Maryland into the State of Virginia, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in 
that the statements, " 100 Lbs. Net When Packed, Jersey Dairy Feed, 16% 
Analysis Protein 16%, ? * * * Fiber 12%, Manufactured by the Deal Bros. 
Milling Co., Cumberland, Maryland," borne on the label, were false and mis- 
leading and deceived and misled the purchaser in that the purchaser was led 
to believe by the said label that the article contained 16 per cent of protein, 
whereas it contained considerably less than 16 per cent of protein, and in that 
the statement " Fiber 12% " was false in that the article contained fiber in a 
greater amount than 12 per cent.
On October 23, 1928, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.