13656. Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 177 Prints of Butter.    Default  de 
cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and sale. (P. & D. No. 19845. 
I.  S. No.  17407-v.     S.  No. E-5142.)
On March 2, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
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 condemna- 
tion of 177 prints of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Fred C. 
Mansfield Co., from Princeton, Wis., February 3, 1925, and transported from the 
State of Wisconsin into the State of Maryland, and charging misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in 
part:  (Parchment wrapper)  " One Pound Net."
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " One Pound 
Net," borne on the labels, was false and misleading and deceived and misled 
the purchaser, and for the further reason that it was food in package form and 
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the package.
On April 28, 1925, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the United States marshal remove the labels and sell the product by the 
pound.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.