13614. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 15 Tubs of Butter.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. 20241.    I. S. No. 14209-v.    S. No. E-5367.)
On July 1. 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 
seizure and condemnation of 15 tubs of butter, shipped by the Arthur Simmons 
Co., St Paul, Minn., remaining in the original unbroken packages at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped from Minneapolis, 
Minn., on or about June 20, 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 a: 
substance, excessive water, had been substituted wholly or in part for the 
said article and had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, 
or injuriously affect its quality or strength. Adulteration was alleged for the 
further reason that a valuable constituent of the article, butterfat, had been 
wholly or in part abstracted. 
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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 24, 1925, the Samels Bros. Co., Minneapolis, Minn., claimant, 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 $750. in conformity with section 10 of the act. 
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.