12765. Adulteration and misbranding- of butter.     T7.  S. v. 15 Cases  of But 
ter.     Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.
(P. & D. No. 18301.    I. S. No. 7484-v.     S. No. C-4280.)
On February 12, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, 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 15 cases of butter, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Central Produce Co., from Temple, Tex., on or about February 2, 1924, 
and transported from the State of Texas into the State of Louisiana, 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 exces- 
sive moisture had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce or lower 
or injuriously affect its quality or strength, for the further reason that moisture 
had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article, and for the further 
reason that a valuable constituent, to wit, butterfat, had been wholly or in 
part abstracted therefrom.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package 
form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked 
on the outside of the package.
On April 29, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
HOWARD M. GOEE, Secretary of Agriculture.