13187. Adulteration and misbranding; of butter.     U. S. v. 30 Boxes of But 
ter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 19873. I. S. No. 14102-v. S. No. 
E-5148.)
On February 26, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, 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 30 boxes of butter, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Minnesota Coopera- 
tive Creameries Assn., Duluth, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
from Duluth, Minn., on or about February 17, 1925, and transported from 
the State of Minnesota into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adultera- 
tion and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in fat and containing excessive water had been substi- 
tuted wholly or in part for the said article and had been mixed and packed) 
therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength. 
Adulteration was alleged, for the further reason that a valuable constituent of 
the article, butterfat, had been wholly or in part abstracted.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation 
of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On March 10, 1925, Mads Sendergaard having appeared as claimant for the 
property, 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, the terms of said bond1 
requiring in part that the product be reconditioned in accordance with the 
ruling of this department.
It. W. DLTNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.