13762. Misbranding of cottonseed menl. V. S. v. 500 Sacks of Cottonseed 
Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released  nnder  bond.     (P.   &  D.   No.   18926.     I.   S.   No.  2367-v.    S.  No.
E-4927.)
On August 24, 1924, the United States attorney for the Western 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 praying the seizure 
and condemnation of 500 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from Blue Island, Ill., August 1, 1924, 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 article was labeled in part: " Chickasha 
Cotton Oil Co. Manufacturers Of Cotton Seed Products * * * ' Chickasha 
Prime' Cottonseed Cake or Meal (Composed of Cotton Seed only) Guaranteed 
Analysis: Protein not less than 43 per cent."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement " Guaranteed Analysis: Protein not less than 43 per cent," borne 
on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On or about September 20. 1924. the Chickasha Cotton Oil Co.. Chickasha, 
Okla.. having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to 
the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court 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 $250, in conformity with section 10 of the act, said 
decree providing further that if the product be relabeled so as to be sold the 
sacks be relabeled as containing 41 per cent of protein.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.