14274. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     U.  S.  v. 286  Sacks  of  Cottonseed
Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 20810. I. S. No. 373-x. S. No. 
W-1861.) 
On February 8, 1926, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 286 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by the Munday Cotton Oil Co., alleging 
that the article had been shipped from Munday, Tex., on or about January 18, 
1926, and transported from the State of Texas into the State of Colorado, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was 
labeled in part: " 43% Protein Cottonseed Meal Prime Quality Manufactured 
by Munday Cotton Oil Company Munday, Texas. Guaranteed Analysis : Crude 
Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement " Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent," borne on the label, was 
false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, since the product 
did not contain 43 per cent of protein.
On March 9, 1926, the Munday Cotton Oil Co.. Munday, Tex., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel 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 $200, in conformity with section 10 of the act.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.