18831. Misbranding of feed.    U. S. v. 150 Cases (Sacks) of I*eed.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F   & D   No
26720.    I. S. No. 15906.    S. No. 4866.) 
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Samples of feed from the shipment herein described having been found to con- 
tain less protein than labeled, the Secretary of- Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
On July 1, 1931,.the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel, praying seizure and condemna- 
tion of 150 sacks of feed, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Mon- 
roe, N. C, alleging that the
' article had been shipped by the Shenandoah Milling 
Co., from Shenandoah, Va., on or about May 1, 1931, and had been transported 
fiom the State of Virginia into the State of North Carolina, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: (Sacks) "Blue Ridge Feed Analysis Protein 15% * * * Manufac- 
tured by Shenandoah -Milling Company, Inc., Shenandoah, Virginia."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment on the label, " Protein 15%," was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, in that the said statement represented that the article 
contained 15 per cent of protein, whereas it contained a less amount.
On August 24, 1931, 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 destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.