United States v. Kuyper

Referring to the merchandise in this case the appraiser’s answer to the protest is as follows:

The merchandise described on the invoice as vegetable albumen is, according to the chemist’s report, not vegetable albumen, but a preparation evidently of cereal *143meal, that has been treated in such a way as to get rid of much of the starch and leave mostly protein. The starch grains are so broken up in the process that it is not possible to identify it. The protein is evidently derived from wheat, corn, rye, or barley and contains 77.9 per cent protein, 10 per cent starch, and 12.1 per cent moisture…