20120. Adulteration and misbranding of alfalfa meal.   U. S. v. 1,200 Bags * * *.
(F. D. C. No. 31892.   Sample No. 83041-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    October 12,1951, Western District of Wisconsin. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about July 21, 1951, by the Arlington Dehydrator 
Co., from Arlington, Nebr.
PRODUCT: 1,200 100-pound bags of alfalfa meal at Amery, Wis. Analysis 
showed that the product contained not more than 13.82 percent protein and 
not less than 32.95 percent fiber.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), alfalfa meal contain- 
ing less than 17 percent protein and more than 27 percent fiber had been sub- 
stituted in whole or in part for alfalfa meal containing 17 percent protein 
and 27 percent fiber.
Misbranding, Section 403  (a), the label statement "Crude Protein (Min.) 
17.00% * * * Fibre    (Max.) 27.00%" was false and misleading.
DISPOSITION: The Arlington Dehydrator Co. appeared as claimant and con- 
sented to the entry of a decree. Thereafter, the claimant filed a bond, after 
which he satisfactorily relabeled the product. Following the relabeling the 
court found that the product had been relabeled so that it was no longer adul- 
terated and misbranded, and on January 15, 1952, ordered that the product 
be released to the claimant.