18461. Adulteration of butter. V. S. v. 7 Cubes of Butter. Consent decree 
rf condemnation andI forffeltnre. produet released upon deposit 
of  collateral.     (P. & D. No.  2006(5.     I.  8.  No.  23402-v.     S.  NoW-l7Gl"
On April 18, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, 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 7 cubes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the- 
Savinar Co., Portland, Oreg., April 14, 1925. and transported from the State of 
Oregon into the State of Washington, and charging adulteration 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 milk fat content had been mixed and packed therewith 
so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength, and had 
been substituted wholly or in part for the said article, and for the further- 
reason that a valuable constituent, butterfat, had been abstracted' from the 
article.
On May 1, 1925, T. B. Klock & Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant, having ad- 
mitted 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 deposit of $200 collateral to- 
insure the reconditioning of the product under the supervision of this 
department.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.