14889. Misbranding of cottonseed screenings and cottonseed meal. IT. S. v. 
400 Sacks of Cottonseed Screenings, et al. Consent decrees of 
condemnation entered.    Products released under bond.     (F. & D.
Nos. 21391, 21393.    I. S. Nos. 1763-x, 1771-x.    S. Nos. C-5259, C-5262.)
On or about November 18 and 19, 1926, respectively, the United States attor- 
ney for the District of Kansas, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels 
praying seizure and condemnation of 400 sacks of cottonseed screenings and 
500 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Garnett and Eskridge, Kans., respectively, alleging that the articles had been 
shipped by the Traders Oil Mill Co., from Fort Worth, Tex., on or about Novem- 
ber 8 and 9, 1926, respectively, and transported from the State of Texas into 
the State of Kansas, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The articles were labeled in part: " 43% Protein Cottonseed Meal 
Prime Quality Manufactured by Traders Oil Mill Company Fort Worth, Texas 
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein not less than 43.00 Per Cent."
It was alleged in substance in the libels that the articles were misbranded, 
in that the statements, " 43% Protein," " Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein 
not less than 43.00 Per Cent," borne on the labels, were false and misleading 
and deceived and misled the purchaser to believe that the said articles con- 
tained not less than 43 per cent of protein, whereas they contained less than 
43 per cent of protein.
On November 29 and December 11, 1926, respectively, the Traders Oil Mill 
Co., Fort Worth, Tex., having appeared as claimant for the property and hav- 
ing consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and for- 
feiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the products be 
released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and 
the execution of bonds totaling $1,000, conditioned in part that they be relabeled 
to show their true contents.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.