18017. Misbranding of dairy feed.   U. S. v. 20 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
29402.   Sample No. 39378-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    July 19,1950, Eastern District of Kentucky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about June 1, 1950, by Gwinn Brothers & Co., from
Huntington, W. Va. 
PRODUCT:    20   100-pound bags of dairy feed at Winchester, Ky.
LABEL IN PART: (Bag) "Banner 16 percent Dairy Feed Guaranteed 
Analysis Protein, not less than 16 percent Fat, not less than 3 percent 
Fiber, not more than 15 percent."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statement "Guar- 
anteed Analysis Protein, not less than 16 percent Fat, not less than 3 per- 
cent Fiber, not more than 15 percent" was false and misleading since the 
product contained less protein and fat and more fiber than declared by the 
label statement.
DISPOSITION : August 18, 1950. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be sold to the highest bidder for use in stock feed- 
ing, conditioned that the purchaser file a bond to insure that it would be 
fed only to stock under his care.
FISH AND SHELLFISH