13702. Misbranding of butter. IT. S. v. 30 Cases of Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond (F. & D. No. 20402. I. S. No. 119-x. S. No. W-176S.) On August 18, 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 30 cases of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been pre- pared for shipment by the Consolidated Dairy Products Co., Seattle, Wash., in interstate commerce 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: (Two-pound tin) " Darigold Brand Creamery Butter Two Pounds Net Best Creamery Butter Manufactured By United Dairy Association Of Washington, Seattle, Wash." It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded under section 8 of said act, paragraphs 2 and 3, under " Food," in that it was short weight. On September 9, 1925, the Consolidated Dairy Products Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 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 relabeled under the supervision of this department, vo show the correct weight. C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.