13775.   Misbranding of butter.     U. S. v. 4 Cases of Butter.     Consent  decree 
of   condemnation  and  forfeiture.     Product   released  under  bond.
(F. & D. No. 20401.    I. S. No. 118-x.    S. No. W-1767.)
On or about August 19,,<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 4 cases, each containing 60 pounds, of butter, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., delivered for 
shipment by Armour & Co., Seattle, Wash., August 17, 1925, alleging that the 
article had been prepared for shipment from the State of Washington into the
Territory of -Alaska, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and 
drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "One Pound 
Net Weight Armour's Cloverbloom * * * Butter. Armour And Company 
General Offices, Chidago Distributors."
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was misbranded in 
violation of section 8 of the act, paragraphs 2 and 3, under " Food," in that it 
was short weight.
On August 21, 1925, Armour & Co., claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions 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 a cash bond in the sum of $75, said bond being 
conditioned in part that the product not be sold or otherwise disposed of con- 
trary to law, and that it be made to conform with the food and drugs act under 
the supervision of this department.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture: