16697. ^Misbranding of dairy feed.    TJ. S. v. 60 Sacks of Lasso Dairy Feed-
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 23774.    I. S. No. 08894.    S. No. 1975.)
On May 17, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District lof' 
South Carolina, 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 60 sacks of Lasso dairy feed, remaining in the original. 
unbroken packages at Columbia, S. C, alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Southern Milling Co., from Augusta, Ga., April 3, 1929, and transported 
from the State of Georgia into the State of South Carolina, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act.   The article was labeled in 
part: " Lasso, 16% Dairy Feed    *    *    *    Southern Milling Company, Augusta,. 
Georgia    *    *    *    Protein 16%    *    *    *    Fibre 14%."
It was alleged in the libel" that the article was misbranded in that the 
statements on the labels, " Protein 16 per cent, fibre 14 per cent," were false 
and misleading.
On June 29, 1929, 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 destroyed by the United States1 marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.