13825.  Misbranding of cottonseed  meal.     U.  S. v. 339 Sacks  of Cottonseed" 
Meal.     Default decree of condemnation and sale entered.     (F. & D.
No. 19484.     I.  S. No. 22280-v.     S. No. E-4903.)
On January 15, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, 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 339 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original' 
unbroken packages at Ashland, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped1 
by the Wilmington Oil & Fertilizer Co., from Wilmington, N. C, on or about 
November 21, 1924, and transported from the State of North Carolina into the 
State of Virginia and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs-
act.    The article was labeled in part: "Cotton Seed Meal    *    *    *   protein 
*    *    *   41 Ammonia 8."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that the statements "Protein 41 Ammonia 8," borne on the label, were 
false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser in that the 
said statements represented that the article contained the percentage of protein 
and ammonia declared on the label, whereas it contained a less amount.
On April 10, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree 
condemning the product was entered, and on October 12, 1925, an order of the 
court was entered, providing that it be sold by the United States marshal.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.