12991. Misbranding:  of butter.     V.  S.  v. 2,010 Pounds   of Butter.     Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale.     (F. & D. No.  18959. 
I. S. No. 18344-v.    S. No. C-4472.)
On or about August 25, 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 2,010 pounds of butter, at Knoxville, Tenn., 
alleging that the article had been shipped by the Sugar Creek Creamery Co., 
Louisville, Ky., August 14, 1924, and transported from the State of Kentucky 
into the State of Tennessee, and charging misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was contained' in parchment wrappers bear- 
ing the statement " Four Ounces Net."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in 
that the packages labeled " Four Ounces Net " did not each contain 4 ounces net 
of butter but did contain a less amount.
On November 3, 1924, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
?court that the product be sold by the United States marshal.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.