8569. AdwlteratfoM and mi,sl>ramdimg of cottonseed feed. V. S. * * *?
v. 300 S-aefcs of EJeono-my Cotton Seed Feed. Consent decree of?
condemnation, and fosrfeittii-e. Px-odwet released on bond, (F. & D.?
No, 12257.     I. S. No. 16667.     S. No. E-1992.)
On or about March 6,1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern District?
of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 300 sacks of Economy Cotton Seed Peed, remaining in the?
original unbroken packages at Petersburg, Va., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by Lyle & Lyle, Camilla, Ga., on or about January 12, 1920, and?
transported from the State of Georgia into the State of Virginia, and charging?
adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that a substance, to wit, crude cottonseed fiber, had been mixed and?
packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affeet its quality?
and strength, and had been substituted wholly and in part for the article.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the labels on the?
sacks containing the article bore certain statements, regarding the article and?
the ingredients and substances contained therein, to wit, " Economy Cotton Seed?
Peed * * * Protein, not less than 36? * * * Fibre, hot more than"?
14?," which statements were false and misleading and deceived and misled the?
purchaser in that the article was deficient in protein an# contained excessive?
cotton [crude] fiber, and for the further reason that it was an imitation of, and?
was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, to wit,?
" Economy Cotton Seed Feed."
On April 30, 1920, Lyle & Lyle, Camilla, Ga., claimants, having admitted the?
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product be released to said claimants upon pay??
ment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of?
$2,500, in conformity with section 10 of the aet.
B. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture
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