12997. Adulteration of nutter.    XT. S. v. 17 Tubs of Butter.    Consent deeree
of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond to 
be reprocessed.     (F. & D. No. 18843.    I. S. No. 17793-v.    S. No. C-4431.)
On July 7, 1924, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, 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 17 tubs of butter, remaining unsold in the original pack- 
ages at Chicago, III., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Alma 
Dry Milk Co., from Alma, Wis., June 28, 1924, and transported from the 
State of Wisconsin into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that 
excessive water had been mixed and packed with the said article so as to 
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, for the 
further reason that a substance deficient in milk fat and high in moisture 
had been substituted 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 in part abstracted therefrom.
On July 10, 1924, Gallagher Bros., Chicago, Ill., claimants, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having 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 
$1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be 
reprocessed under the supervision of this department, so as to bring the 
milk fat content up to 80 per cent.
W. M. JABMNE, Secretary of Agriculture.