115683.  Misbranding  of   cottonseed   meal.     V.   S.   v.  40   Sacks   of  Cottonseed?
Meal.     Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product?
released under bond.     (F. & D. No. 22332.    I. S. No. 23358-x.     S. No.?
381.)
On December 29, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Wyoming,?
.acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel praymg seizure and condemnation?
of 40 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken packages at?
"Worland, Wyo., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Planters?
?Cottonseed Products Co., from Dallas, Texas, on or about December 16, 1927,?
and had been transported from the State of Texas into the State of Wyoming,?
:.and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article?
was labeled in part: "Golden Rod 43 per cent protein Cottonseed Meal Prime?
?Quality Manufactured by Planters Cottonseed Products Company, Dallas, Texas.?
'Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein Not Less than 43 per cent."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in?
that the label contained a statement that the contents of each of the said sacks?
contained 43 per cent of protein, which statement was false and misleading?
;and deceived and misled the purchaser, in that the article contained less than?
43 per cent of prote;n.
On January 19, 1928, the Planters Cottonseed Products Co., Dallas, Texas,?
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 not less than $500, conditioned in part that it be relabeled to show the true?
?contents.
W. M. JABDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.