13547. Adulteration   and   misbranding   of   butter.      V.   S.   v.   20   Tubs    of
Butter. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. No. 20216. I. S. No. 14204-v. S. No. 
E^5368.)
On June 24, 1925, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 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 seiz- 
ure and condemnation of 20 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the American Stores Co., Minne- 
apolis, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped from Minneapolis, 
Minn., on or about June 13, 1925, and transported from the State of Minnesota 
into the State of Pennsylvania, 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 ex- 
cessive water had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and 
injuriously affect its quality and 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 July 7, 1925, Semels Bros. Corp. having appeared as claimant for the prop- 
erty, 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 $500, 
in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be recondi- 
tioned in accordance with the ruling of this department.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.