15705. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. U. S. v. 120 Bags of Cottonseed 
Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond.    (F. & D. No. 22322.    I. S. No. 8607-x.    S. No. 369.)
On December 22, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Maine, 
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 120 bags of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Waterboro, Me., consigned about October 4, 1927, alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Planters Oil Co., Albany, Ga., and trans- 
ported from the State of Georgia into the State of Maine, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
jjient, "Choice Prime Cottonseed Meal Guaranteed Analysis Min. Protein 
41,12%," was false and misleading and deceived and misled purchasers.
On February 1, 1928, the Humphreys-Godwin Co., Memphis, Tenn., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel 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 be relabeled under the supervision of 
.this department.
R. W. DUNLAF, Actmg Secretary of Agriculture.