16511. Misbranding of  alfalfa meal.    U.   S.  v.  200  Bags   of  Alfalfa  Meal.
Default  decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture, and  sale.     (F. & D.
No. 23150.    I. S. No. 05052.    S. No. 1248.)
On October 18, 1928, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Indiana, 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 
condemnation of 200 bags,of alfalfa meal, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Hammond, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Pecos Valley Alfalfa Mill Co., from Dexter, N. Mex., on or about August 23, 
1928, and transported from the State of New Mexico into the State of Indiana, 
and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in 
that the labels "Alfalfa Meal 100 Lbs, Net When Packed Made by Pecos Valley 
Alfalfa Mill Co., Hagerman, New Mexico," borne on the bags containing the 
article, were false and misleading and tended to and did deceive and mislead 
purchasers in that the said labels purported that each of the bags contained 
one full 100 pounds of alfalfa meal, whereas each of said bags d'd not con- 
tain 100 pounds of said alfalfa meal. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason that the article was in package form and the quantity of the contents 
was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the said packages 
in terms of weight or measure.
On April 13, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.