22699. Adulteration and misbranding of linseed meal.    IT.  S. v. 200 Sacks
of Linseed Meal. Consent decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 31655.    Sample no. 50457-A.)
This case involved a shipment of linseed meal which contained ground mustard 
seed in sufficient amount to make it unfit for animal feeding.
On November 28, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 200 sacks of linseed meal at 
Hamilton, Ohio, consigned by the Iowa Milling Co., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about October 26, 1933, from Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: " Old Process Linseed 
Meal with Cooked Oil Feed Screenings Superior Linseed Works, Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that ground 
mustard seed had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, or 
injuriously affect its quality or strength, and had been substituted in part for the 
article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, " Old 
Process Linseed Meal with Cooked Oil eed Screenings ", was false and mis-,' 
leading and deceived and misled the purchaser when applied to a product con-
taining ground mustard seed. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason 
that the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another 
article.
On June 15, 1934, the sole intervener having withdrawn its claim and answer 
and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and 
forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.