United States v. Kraft Cheese Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States Customs Court sustaining a protest against the collector’s assessment of additional duty under section 304, Tariff Act of 1922, on a shipment consisting of 620 crates of New Zealand cheese reported not legally marked with country of origin when imported from Canada.

It appears from the testimony that the collector, as a condition precedent to releasing the merchandise, required the marking of each *254loaf with a rubber stamp containing the words “Made in New Zealand,” which stamp was placed upon the heads of the cheese.

The Government contends…