12843. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 350 Packages of Willowdale Cream- 
ery Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 18870. I. S. No. 18320-v. 
S. No. C-4441.)
On July 16, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, 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 350 packages of Willowdale creamery butter, at Chatta- 
nooga, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Dalton Cream- 
ery Co., Dalton, Ga., July 10, 1924, and transported from the State of Georgia 
into the State of Tennessee, and charging misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Willowdale 
Creamery Butter, Dalton Creamery Company, Dalton, Georgia, One Pound Net 
Weight."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that it was labeled " One Pound Net," which statement was false and mislead- 
ing, in that the said packages did not contain 1 pound of butter but did con- 
tain a less amount.
On July 23, 1924, the Dalton Creamery Co., Dalton, Ga., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the 
costs of the proceedings and the execution of "a bond in the sum of $500, in 
conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the said packages 
be brought up to the correct weight.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.