12175. Misbranding- of linseed oil ntea.1. TJ. S. v. 160 Sacks of Linseed 
Oil Meal. Decree entered providing- for release of product under 
bond to be relabeled.     (F. & D. No. 18455.    I.  S. No. 10598-v.    S. No.
E-4773.)
On March 10, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 160 sacks of linseed oil meal, consigned December 13, 1923, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by Mann Bros. Co.. from Buffalo, N. Y., and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Maryland, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " 100 Pounds Pure Old Process Linseed Oil Meal From The 
Mann Bros. Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Guaranteed Analysis Minimum Protein 35 
Minimum Fat 6   Maximum Fiber 10   Minimum Carbohydrates 35."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement, " Guaranteed Analysis Minimum Protein 35," was false and mis- 
leading and deceived and misled the purchaser, in that the said statement 
represented that the article contained 35 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth 
and in fact, it contained a less amount.
On March 26, 1924, Walter F. MacNeal & Co., Baltimore, Md., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of the court was entered 
providing that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of 
the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, 
in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be 
relabeled to the satisfaction of this department.
HOWARD M. GOEE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.