16876. Misbranding of cottonseed meal. U. S. v. 400 Sacks of Cottonseed Meal. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 28589. I. S. No. 013038. S. No. 1838.) On April 8, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Ken- tucky, 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 400 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original packages at Winchester, Ky., consigned by the Dan Joseph Co., Columbus, Ga., Feb- ruary 26, 1929, alleging that the article had been transported in interstate commerce from Columbus, Ga., into the State of Kentucky, and charging mis- branding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Pinta Columbus Brand, 41% protein Cottonseed Meal, made by Dan Joseph Co., Columbus, Ga., guaranteed minimum analysis Protein 41%." Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the label bore statements, designs, and devices regarding the said article, which were false and misleading in that it was labeled to represent that it contained 41 per cent of protein, and with the intent of deceiving and misleading the pur- chaser to believe that it contained ,41 per cent of protein, whereas it'did not, but did contain less than 41 per cent of protein. On November 7, 1929, the Winchester Roller Mills, Winchester, Ky., having appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and for- feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that it ba relabeled under the super- vision of this department. ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.