13281. Adulteration and misbranding- of butter. TJ. S. v. 14 Tubs of But- 
ter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond to be reworked. (F. & D. No. 20018. I. S. No. 
13636-v.    S. No. E-5254.)
On or about March 26, 1925, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of New York, 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 14 tubs of butter, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Clermont Valley Creamery, from Clermont, Iowa, on or about 
March 10, 1925, and transported from the State of Iowa into the State of 
New York, and charging adulteration 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 butterfat had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
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 April 9, 1925, the Clermont Valley Creamery Co., Clermont, Iowa, claim- 
ant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the 
entry of a decree and to recondition the butter so that it should contain at least 
80 per cent of butterfat, 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 $450, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned 
in part that it be reworked and reprocessed to meet the requirements of the law.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.