12620- Misbranding of butter. TJ. S. v. 5 Boxes of Butter. Decree of con- 
demnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond to be 
relabeled.     (F. & D. No. 18924.    I. S No. 7754-v.     S. No.  W-1546.)
On August 5. 1924, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, 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 five 60-pound boxes of butter, consigned by 
Bradner Co., Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been delivered for 
shipment from the State of Washington into the Territory of Alaska, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: " One Pound Net."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly 
and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On August 5, 1924, Bradner Co., Seattle. Wash., having appeared as claimant 
for the property and having confessed judgment, a decree of condemnation and 
forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product bc- 
released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $200, in conformity with section 10 of 
the act, and it was further ordered by the court that the product be relabeled 
under the supervision of this department.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.