13649. Adulteration and misbranding: of butter.    U. S. v. 15 Tubs, et al., of
Butter. Consent decree of condjemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released under bond. (F. & D. No. 20310. I. S. No. 3002-x. S. No. 
E-5431.)
On July 14, 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 43 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Farmers Cooperative Creamery Co., Clear Lake, Wis., on or about June 30, 1925, 
and transported from the State of Wisconsin 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 sub- 
stance deficient in butterfat and containing excessive moisture had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or 
strength and had been substituted in whole or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
On July 20, 1925, the Farmers Cooperative Creamery Co., Clear Lake, Wis., 
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 claim- 
ant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $1,200, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in 
part that it be reworked under the supervision of this department so as to con- 
tain at least 80 per cent of butterfat.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.