17268. Misbranding of cottonseed meal.     U. S. v. 400 Sacks  of Cottonseed
Meal. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 24534. I. g. No. 030752. S. No. 
2837.) 

On or about February 17, 1930, the "United States attorney for the Western 
District of Wisconsin, 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 400 sacks of cottonseed meal at Middleton, Wis., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Graco Milling Co., from Cairo, 
111., on February 4, 1930, and transported from the State of Illinois into the 
State of Wisconsin, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Graco 43 per cent protein 
Guaranteed analysis protein not less than 43 per cent Manufactured by Graco 
Milling Co., Sherman, Texas."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ments on the label, " 43 per cent protein," and " Protein not less than 43 per 
cent," were false and misleading, since the said? article did not contain 43 
per cent of protein.
On March 20, 1930, the Graco Milling Co., Cairo, Ill., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was or- 
dered by the court that tbie product be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $2,500, conditioned 
in part that it be relabeled under the supervision of this department.
ARTHUR M. HTDE, Secretary of Agriculture.