8924.?Adulteration and misbranding: of butter.    IT. S.    *     *    *    v. 115 Tubs
of Butter. Consent decree of condemnation. Px'od^act ordered re??
leased on bond.     (F. & D. No. 13718.    I. S. No. 5276-t.   S. No. F-2772.)
On September 23, 1920, the United States attorney for the District of Massa??
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel of information pray??
ing the seizure and condemnation of 115 tubs of butter, consigned August 12,?
1920, by the Dixie Butter Co., Louisville, Ky., remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped?
and transported from the State of Kentucky into the Commonwealth of Massa??
chusetts, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel of information for the?
reason that it was deficient in butter fat and contained excessive moisture.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that it was an imitation of, and was?
offered for sale under the distinctive name of, another article, to wit, butter.
On December 13, 1920, the said Dixie Butter Co., Louisville, Ky., by its agent,?
the Lewis-Mears Co., having filed a satisfactory bond, in conformity with section?
10 of the act, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product be delivered to said claimant upon payment of the costs?
of the proceedings.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.