14288. Misbranding: of cottonseed meal. TJ. S. v. 400 Sacks of Cottonseed 
Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 21013. I. S. No. 1093-x. S. No. 
W-1950.)
On April 10, 1926, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, 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 condemnation of 400 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in- 
the original unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the 
article had been shipped by Spears & Co., from El Paso, Tex., March 3, 
1926, and transported from the State of Texas into the State of California, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: " 43% Protein Cotton Seed Meal. Manufac- 
tured By Spears & Company El Paso, Texas Guaranteed Analysis Crude 
Protein Not Less Than 48.00 per cent."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
the statements "43% Protein" "Crude Protein Not Less Than 43.00 per 
cent," borne on the label, were false and misleading and deceived and misled 
the purchaser.
On May 4, 1926, the Consolidated Milling Co., San Francisco, Calif., 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 $500.20, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in 
part that it be made to conform to the provisions of the law under the 
supervision of this department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.