13514. Adulteration and misbranding of oats. tJ. S. v. 250 Sacks of Oats. 
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond to be relabeled. (F. & D. No. 18794. I. S. No. 19525. -S. No. 
C-4420 )
On or about June 19, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Arkansas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 250 sacks of oats at Walnut Ridge, Ark., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by Thistlewood & Co. from Cairo, Ill., on or 
about June 12, 1924, and transported from the State of Illinois into the State 
of Arkansas, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Crescent Brand Sample 
Oats Sulphur Bleached 159% Lbs. Net When Packed."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
mixture containing barley, unthreshed wheat, wild oats, weed seeds, and stems 
had been mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for the said 
article, in a manner whereby damage or inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation, " Sample Oats," 
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the
further reason that the article was an imitation of and offered for sale under 
the distinctive name of another article.
On July 29, 1924, A. J. Meyer & Co., Walnut Ridge, Ark., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in 
the sum of $100, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part 
that it be relabeled, " Oats and Screenings."
HOWABD M. GOBE, Secretary of Agriculture.