7232. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter.   U.S.  *  *  *  v. 7 Barrels of Butter.  Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale.   (F. & D. No. 10007.   I. S. No. 2710-r. 
8. No. W-297.)
On April 7, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 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 7 barrels of butter, 
consigned by the Fox Produce Co., Alva, Okla., remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken 'packages at Denver, Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about March 25, 1919, and transported from the State of Oklahoma into the State of 
Colorado, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, as amended.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it contained 
an excessive amount of moisture and free acids, was rancid and moldy, and consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that it was food in package 
form, and the quantity or weight was not stated on the outside of the package or 
barrel.
On May 19, 1919, .no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of con- 
demnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the prod- 
uct should be sold by the United States marshal for purposes other than for human' 
consumption.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.