7891. Adulteration and niiswranding: of butter. TJ. S. * * .*.,- y. 25 Cases 
of Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct ordered released on l?rind. (P. & D. No. 10532. I. S. No. 15032-r. 
S.  No. E-1512.)
On June 6, 1919, the United States attorney for the'Eastern District of Penn- 
sylvania, 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 con- 
demnation of 25 cases, each containing 30 pounds of butter, consigned by Kingan 
& Co., Indianapolis, Ind!, remaining imsbld in the original unbroken packages 
at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about May 
24, 1919,' and transported from the State of Indiana into the State of Pennsyl- 
vania, and charging adulteration arid misbranding in violation of the Food arid 
Drugs Act. The! article was labeled in part, "Kingan's ' Crocus' Creamery 
Butter One Pound Net Weight." 
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Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance deficient in hriik fat had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, 
lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted 
wholly or in part for butter, which the article purported to be. Adulteration of 
*the article was alleged for the further reason that a valuable constituent thereof, 
to wit, milk fat, had been in part abstracted.
. Misbranding of the .article was.allegedfor, the reason that it was .an imitation 
of, and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article. Mis- 
branding of the article was alleged for the further reason that an examination 
of 3 pounds as to weight showed an average shortage of 1.19 per cent. A fur- 
ther examination of 90 1-pound cartons showed an average shortage of 0.75 
per cent. Misbranding of the article was alleged for the further reason that it 
was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents w7as not marked 
plainly and conspicuously declared.
On June 16, 1919, the Kingan Provision Co., Philadelphia, Pa., claimant, hav- 
ing admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeit- 
ure was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product l>e released to 
said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of 
a bond in the sum of $450, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned 
in part that the product be relabeled and reconditioned under the supervision 
of a representative of this department. 
E  D  BALL
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.