3050.?Adulteration and misbranding of cottonseed meal.. U. S. v. 160 Sacks Cottonseed Meal. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 5088. S. No. 1723.) On or about March 11, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of? Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District? Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of? 160 sacks of cottonseed meal remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and? in possession of the Ohio Valley Seed Co., Evansville, Ind., alleging that the product? had been shipped from the State of Tennessee into the State of Indiana, and charging? adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product? was labeled: "$50 fine for using this tag second time. No. 2895 100 pounds. J.? Lindsay Wells Company, of Memphis, Tenn., Guarantees this Star Brand Cotton?? seed Meal to contain not less than 8.0 per cent of crude fat, 38.5 per cent of crude? protein, and to be compounded from following ingredients: Decorticated Cottonseed.? W. J. Jones, Jr., State Chemist. Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Sta?? tion, Lafayette, Ind. Not good for more than 100 Pounds." Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it was a? product consisting of cottonseed meal with which had been packed and mixed cotton?? seed hulls so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength. Mis?? branding was alleged for the reason that each of the sacks purported to contain cotton?? seed meal and were sold under the distinctive name of cottonseed meal and the state?? ments contained in the contract of sale as to the ingredients and substances contained? in the product purporting to be cottonseed meal, to wit, "One car, 15 tons of Sun? Dried C. S. Meal, 41 to 45? protein," were false and misleading, in that,'in truth and? in fact, said product purporting to be cottonseed meal was a substitute and mixture? for cottonseed meal, in that cottonseed hulls had been substituted in part for cotton?? seed meal. On April 24, 1913, the J. Lindsay Wells Co., Memphis, Tenn., claimant, having? filed its claim and answer, and the cause having come oh to be heard on the pleadings,? judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court? that the product should be sold by the United States marshal at public sale after the? obliteration of all brands on the product and the substitution therefor of the following? brand, to wit: "A substitute for Cotton Seed Meal with which is packed and mixed? Cotton Seed Hulls." It was provided, however, by the decree that if the J. Lindsay? Wells Co., within 30 days of the date of the decree, should pay to the United States? all costs and charges, and should execute a good and sufficient bond in conformity? with section 10 of the act, the United States marshal should thereupon deliver the? product to said claimant. B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 14, 1914-