26346. Misbranding of dog: and cat food.     V. S. v. 80 Gases of Dog: and Cat Food.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 87826. 
Sample no. 50002-B.)
This product was represented to contain 9.55 percent of protein, 2.10 percent 
of fat, and not more than 0.63 percent of crude fiber. It contained less protein 
and fat and more crude fiber than so represented, a sample having been found 
to contain 6.50 percent of protein, 1.35 percent of fat, and 1.76 percent of 
crude fiber.
On or about June 23, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of 
Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 30 cases of dog 
and cat food at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about May 27, 1936, by the Atlas Canning Co., Inc., 
from Glendale, Long Island, N. Y., and charging misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Satin Quality 
Dog & Cat Food   *   *   *   Maryland Grocery Co. Baltimore, Md. Distributors."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements, "Protein 
9.55 Min. Fat 2.10 Min. Crude Fibre 0.63 Max.", borne on the label, were 
false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead the purchaser.
On November 20, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered, and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.