15618. Misbranding- of cottonseed meal. U. S. v. 212 Bags of Cottonseed?
Meal. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture entered. Product?
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 22191. I. S. No. 11872-x. S. No.?
242.)
On November 21, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Mary??
land, 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 212 bags of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at Cumberland, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the?
Home Oil Mills Co., from Decatur, Ala., on or about August 10, 1927, and had?
been transported from the State of Alabama into the State of Maryland, and?
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was?
labeled in part: " Guaranteed Analysis Owl Brand 41?  Prime Cotton  Soed
2441?2S?2 "
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FOOD  AND  DRUGS  ACT	
[N. J.,- F. D.
Meal    *    *    *    Protein    (Min.)    41.00?    *    *    *    Nitrogen    (Min.)    6.56??
*    *    *    Fibre (Max.)  10.00?    *    *    *    Manufactured for F. W. Brocle Gor- '?
poration, Memphis, Tennessee."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was hiisbranded, in that th??
statements, " Guaranteed Analysis 41? Prime Cotton Seed Meal. * * * pro??
tein (Min.) 41.00? * * * Nitrogen (Min.) 6.56? * * * Fibre?
(Max.) 10.00?," borne on the label, were false and misleading and deceived and?
misled purchasers. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the?
article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
Oh December 14, 1927, the Deal Bros. Milling Co., Cumberland, Md!, having?
appeared as claimant for the property, 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 $1,500, conditioned in part that it not be sold or other??
wise disposed of until properly tagged with the..true protein content.
W. M. JAKDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.