12932. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 4 Cases of Butter.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under 
bond.    (F. & D. No. 3 9123.    I. S. No. 16878-v.    S. No. B-4965.)
On October 21, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Rhode 
Island, 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 4 cases, each containing 80 prints, of butter, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Providence, R. I., alleging 
that the article had been shipped by the Mt. Mansfield Co-operative Creamery & 
Grain Assoc, Inc., Stowe, Vt., and transported from the State of Vermont 
into the State of Rhode Island, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Wrapper) " Mt. Mansfield Jersey Brand Fancy Creamery Butter Manu- 
factured By Mt. Mansfield Co-op. Creamery & Grain Ass'n., Inc., Stowe, 
Vermont."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in butterfat had been mixed and packed with and substi- 
tuted wholly or in part for the said article, and for the further reason that a 
valuable constituent of the article, to wit, butterfat, had been wholly or in 
part abstracted.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement appearing in 
the label, " Fancy Creamery Butter," was false and misleading and deceived 
and misled the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was an imitation 
of and offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
During the month of December, 1924, the Mt. Mansfield Co-operative Cream- 
ery & Grain Assoc, Inc., having appeared as claimant for the property, 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 $300, in 
conformity with section 10 of the act.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.