12859.  Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 5 Cases of Butter.    Consent decree 
of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product  released under bond.
(F. & D. No. 18914.    I. S. No. 20163-v.    S. No. W-1528.)
On or about July 16, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of California, 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 5 cases of butter, delivered for shipment in inter- 
state commerce and remaining in the original unbroken packages at San 
Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Western Meat 
Co., from San Francisco, Calif., to the Territory of Hawaii, July 8, 1924, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The 
article was labeled n part: "Parkdale Brand Creamery Butter * * * 5 
Pound Net Weight Distributed by Western Meat Co. San Francisco."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
was labeled " 1 Pound Net Weight," whereas the packages, as a matter of 
fact, contained a lesser quantity.
On August 27, 1924, the Western Meat Co., San Francisco, Calif., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and havng 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 upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $145, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that 
it be brought into conformity with the law under the supervision of this de- 
partment.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.