12620. Adulteration and misbranding' of butter. TJ. S. v. 20 Tubs at 
Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct   released   under   bond.     (F.   &   IX   No.   18863.     I.   S.   No.   13184-v
S. No. E-4888.)
On or about July 18, 1924, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 20 tubs of butter, consigned on or about July 8. 
1924, remaining in the original unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleg- 
ing 'that the article had been shipped by the Farmers Cooperative Creamery 
Assoc, from Big Rapids, Mich., and transported from the State of Michigan 
into the State of New York, and charging adulteration and misbranding ia 
violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulterat;on of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that sub- 
stances deficient in butterfat had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been 
substituted in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of 
and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, to wit, 
butter.
On September 2, 1924, the Farmers Cooperative Creamery Assoc, claimant- 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was. 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upun
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payment of tlie costs of the proceed'ngs and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that 
it be reworked under the supervision of this department.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.