12016. Misbranding-  of cottonseed  meal.     U.   S.  v.  300  Saeks  of  Cottonseed
Meal. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond to be relabeled. (F. & D. No. 18182. I. S. No. 
15841-v.    S. No. E-4648.)
On December 19, 1923, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 300 sacks of cottonseed meal, at Florin. Pa., con- 
signed by the Eastern Cotton Oil Co., from Hertford, N. C, alleging that the 
article had been shipped from Hertford, N. C, on or about November 7, 1923, 
and transported from the State of North Carolina into the State of Pennsyl- 
vania, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Perfection Cotton Seed Meal 100 Lbs. Net Manu- 
factured By Eastern Cotton Oil Company Elizabeth City, N. C. Guarantee 
Protein not les-s than 41.00% Equivalent to Ammonia 8.00%."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the labels bore the statements, " Perfection Cotton Seed Meal 100 Lbs. 
Net * * * Guarantee Protein not less than 41.00% Equivalent to Ammonia