17074. Adulteration and misbranding of dairy feed.   U. S. v. 18 Bags    *   *    *.
(F. D. C. No. 30356.    Sample No. 82258-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 27,1950, Northern District of West Virginia. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about February 9,1950, by the Northern Supply Co.,
from Amery, Wis. 
PRODUCT:   18   100-pounds bags of dairy feed at Grantsville, W. Va. 
LABEL IN PART:    (Tag) "Banner   Dairy Feed   20 Per Cent Protein."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
protein, had been in part omitted.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label designation "20 Per Cent Protein" 
was false and misleading since the product contained less than 20 percent of 
protein.
DISPOSITION : March 1, 1951. Default decree of condemnation. The court or- 
dered that the product be delivered to a local public institution, for use as 
animal feed, and that if the institution did not accept the product, that it be 
destroyed by the marshal.