3594,. Misbranding of feed. XT. S. v. 200 Bags * * * Feed. Consent decree of condemna??
tion and forfeiture. Product released on bond.- (F. & D. No. 5652. I. S. No. 9525-h.?
S.No. E-15.)
On March 30,1914, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York,?
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 200 bags,?
each containing 100 pounds of feed, remaining unsold in the original unbroken pack??
ages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about?
November 15, 1913, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of New?
York, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product?
was labeled: "100 Lbs. 15 to 16? Protein, 3? Fat, 12? Fibre, 45? Carbohydrates?
U. S. Sugared Feed United States Sugar Feed Company, Distributors, Milwaukee,?
Wisconsin U. S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the product was misbranded in violation of section?
8, first general paragraph and paragraph 2 under the title of food, of said act, in that?
said product contained less protein, less fat, and more fiber than was announced upon?
the labels.
On May 11, 1914, the Warwick Grange Cooperative Association, Wisner, N. Y.,?
claimant, having consented to a decree and filed a stipulation for costs, judgment of?
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be delivered to said claimant upon payment of all the costs of the pro??
ceeding and the execution of bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of?
the act.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 19, 1915.
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