9721. Misbranding of   cottonseed   meal.    U.   S.     *     *      *     v.   150   Sacks   of
Cottonseed. Meal.     Decree ordering- release of product under bond. 
(F. & D. No. 12454.    I. S. No. 17587-r.     S. No. F/-2134.)
On June 2, 1920, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 150 sacks of cottonseed meal, remaining in the original packages 
at Tallahassee, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Central 
Oil Co., Macon, Ga., May 13, 1920, and transported from the State of Georgia 
into the State of Florida, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Sacks) "* * * Good 
Cottonseed Meal.   Guaranteed Analysis   Ammonia 7%   Protein 36%    *    *   *"
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the above-quoted statements appearing in the labels of the sacks containing 
the said article were false and misleading in that the article did not contain 
the substances set forth in said labels.
On September 30, 1920, the Central Oil Co., Macon, Ga., having entered an 
appearance as claimant for the property, it was ordered by the court that the 
product be released to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $150, in conformity with section 10 
of the act.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.