17234. Misbranding of cottonseed cake. U. S. v. 200 Sacks of Cottonseed 
Cake. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 24549. I. S. No. 033606. S. No. 
2864.)
On or about February 20, 1930, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel prayMg 
seizure and condemnation of 200 sacks of cottonseed cake, remaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Trenton, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Graco Milling Co., Cairo, Ill., on or about February 14, 1930, 
and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: "Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 43% * * * 
Choctaw Sales Company."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment borne on the label, " Protein not less than 43%," was false and misleading 
and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On March 1,1930, the Choctaw Sales Co., Kansas City, Mo., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented that judgment be 
entered for the condemnation and forfeiture of the product, a decree was 
entered finding the product misbranded, and it was ordered by the court that 
the said product be released to the claimant upon payment of costs and the 
execution of a bond in the sum of $200, conditioned in part that it be relabeled 
under the supervision of this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.