14513. Misbranding:  of  cottonseed  meal.     U.  S.  v.  50  Sacks  of  Cottonseed
Meal.     Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product 
released under bond.     (F.  & D.  No.  20747.     I.   S.  No.  5609-x.     S.  No.    ' 
E-5573.)
On January 5, 1926, the United States attorney for the Northern District   ; 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in   . 
the District Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemna-   - 
tion of 50 sacks of cottonseed meal, at Oswego, N. Y., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Marianna Sales Co., Memphis, Tenn., on or about Novem- 
ber 20, 1925, and transported from the State-of Tennessee into the State of 
New  York,  and  charging  misbranding  in  violation  of  the  food  and  drugs 
act.    The  article was labeled in part: " Triangle  Brand  Cotton   Seed  Meal 
*   .*    *    43%.    Guaranteed Analysis Ammonia 8.37%  Protein 43%  Nitrogen 
6.88% Fibre 10.00%." 
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was deficient in 
protein and contained excessive fiber, and was misbranded in that the state- 
ments, " 43%> Guaranteed Analysis Ammonia 8.37% Protein 43.00% Nitrogen 
6.88% Fibre 10.00%," were false and misleading and deceived and misled the 
purchaser.
On March 17, 1926, the Marianna Sales Co., Memphis, Tenn., having ap- 
peared 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, conditioned in part that it not be sold or shipped unless relabeled 
to show that the protein content was not over 41.1 per cent.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.      )