13863. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 6 Tubs of Butter.    Decree of con 
demnation   entered.    Product   released   on   deposit   of   collateral.
(F. & D. No. 20300.    I. S. No. 22416-v.    S. No. E-5370.)
On July 6, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 
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 6 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Boston, 
Mass.. consigned June 22,1925, alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Willow Lake Creamery, Willow Lake, S. Dak., and transported from the State 
of South Dakota into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration 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 buiterfat had been mixed and packed with and substituted 
wholly or in part for the said article, and for the further reason that a valuable 
constituent  of  the  article,   to  wit,   butterfat,   had  been  wholly   or  in   part
On July 29. 1925, Chase Bros. (Willow Lake Creamery), Willow Lake, 
S. Dak., having entered an appearance as claimant for the property and having 
deposited collateral in the sum of .$350, in lieu of bond, to insure compliance 
with the terms of the deci*ee, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that the product might be released to said claimant 
upon payment of the costs of the proceedings.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.