18569. Misbranding of bone meal. U. S. v. 365 Bags of Bone Meal. Decree 
of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under bond*
(P. & D. No. 26438.    1. S. No. 18321.    S. No. 4373.)
Examination of bone meal in the interstate shipment herein described having 
shown that the sacks containing the article bore no declaration of the quantity 
of contents, the matter was reported to the United States attorney by an of- 
ficer of the State of Kansas, commissioned by the Secretary of Agriculture.
On or about February 24, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 365 bags of bone meal, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Junction City, Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about January 15, 1931, by the Thompson Hayward Chemical Co., of 
Kansas City, Mo., from New Orleans, La., and had been transported from the 
State of Louisiana into the State of Kansas, and charging misbranding in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act as amended.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded 
in that the sacks containing the article bore no brand, mark, or label of any 
kind showing the net weight of the product, or of its composition or food 
value. It was further alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in 
that the certificate of weights and the invoice purported to show a total gross 
weight greater than the actual gross weight of the shipment.
On March 3, 1931, the Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co., Kansas City, Mo., 
having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment 6f condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the said claimant, upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned in part that it be 
labeled to show the correct net weight.
ABTH-UB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.