15484. Misbranding of  cottonseed  meal.     V.   S.  v.   142 Bag's   of  Cottonseed
Meal.     Default   decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture,  and  destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 21745.    I. S. No. 6349-x.    S. No. E-6068.)
On March 22, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Delaware, 
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 142 bags of cottonseed meal, remaining unsold at Coochs Bridge, 
Del., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Greenville Oil Works 
from Greenville, Miss., on or about December 24, 1926, and transported from 
the State of Mississippi into the State of Delaware, and charging misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
.Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 41.00%, Fat not less than 6.00%, 
Fibre not more than 10.00%."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded, in that the 
statements " Guaranteed Analysis Protein not less than 41.00%, Fat not less 
than 6.00%, Fibre not more than 10.00%," borne on the label, were false and 
misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On July 11, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the pi*operty, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the 5 bags of the product seized be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.