18765. Adulteration and Misbranding of feed. TJ. S. v. 100 SacKs of Red 
Dos Feed, et -al. Decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
ucts released under bond. (F & D. Nos. 26473, 26498, 26771, 26772, 
26788 I. S. JSTos. 15911, 17351, 19179, 27519, 27640. S. Nos 4782, 4796, 
4881, 4887, 4907 )
Examination of samples of feeds from the shipments herein described showed 
that the articles were deficient in protein, since they contained less protein than 
declared on the labels. The label of the Big C bog and cow feed represented 
that the article was manufactured in North Carolina, whereas it was manufac- 
tured in Virginia. 
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On or about June 9, June 21, July 8. and July 11, 1931, the United States attor- 
ney for the Middle District of North Carolina, acting upon reports by the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for the 
district aforesaid, libels praying seizure and condemnation of 182 sacks of Red 
Dog feed, in part at North Wilkesboro, N. C, and in part at Burlington, N. C., 
125 sacks of Blue Ridge feed at Blkin, TST. C, and 200 sacks of Big C. hog and 
cow feed at Greensboro, N. C, alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Shenandoah Milling Co., from Shenandoah, Va.. into the State of North Carolina, 
between the dates of April 23, 1931 and June 4, 1931, that it remained unsold in 
the original unbroken packages, and that it was adulterated and misbranded in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended. A portion of the Red Dog feed 
was labeled in part: " 100 pounds Net "Weight Red Dog Protein 14 per cent 
* * * Shenandoah Milling Company, Inc., Shenandoah, Va." The remainder 
of the Red Dog feed was labeled: " Red Dog feed * * * Protein 14.00%." 
The Blue Ridge feed was labeled in part, "Protein 15 00%," and the Big C hog 
and cow feed was labeled in part: " Big C Hog and Cow Feed * * * Protein 
Not less than 15.00% * * * Manufactured by Carolina Flour, Mills. Bur- 
lington, N. C "
It was alleged in the libels that the articles were adulterated in that sub- 
stances deficient in protein had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce, lower, and injuriously affect their quality and strength, and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said articles.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the labels bore statements which 
were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser as follows: 
"Protein 14 per cent," "Protein 15 per cent," or "Analysis Protein not less 
than 15.00 per cent," as the case might be. Misbranding was alleged in the 
libels filed against 60 sacks of Red Dog feed, 125 sacks of Blue Ridge feed, and 
200 sacks of Big C hog and cow feed for the further reason that the articles 
were food in package form and failed to bear plain and conspicuous state- 
ments of the quantity of the contents.
On August 20, 1931, the Shenandoah Milling Co., Shenandoah, Va., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of 
the libels, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the products be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of bonds totaling $500, conditioned as fol- 
lows : That they should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the 
laws of the United States or of any State, that the statement of the protein
content appearing on the labels be changed to show the actual percentage Of 
protein contained in the article, and that the statement "Manufactured by 
Carolina Flour Mills, Burlington, N. C," be stricken from the labels of the Big: 
C hog and cow feed.
AETHTIB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.