13870. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 30 Cubes and 45 Cubes of Butter.. 
Decree entereil, adjudging product adulterated and ordering it*- 
release. (F. & D. Nos. 20311. 20334. I. S. Nos. 11-x, 22-x. S. Nos. 
W-1755,  W-1760.)
On or about July 17 and 29, 1925, respectively, the United States attorney for 
the Southern District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of" 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels praying the seizure and condemnation of 84 cubes of butter, remaining in* 
the original unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article 
had been shipped by Swift & Co., from Weiser, Idaho, in part on or about July 
1, 1925, and in part on or about July 14, 1925, and transported from the State 
of Idaho into the State of California, and charging adulteration in violation of' 
the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that a 
product deficient in milk fat had been substituted wholly or in part for butter,, 
and in that a valuable constituent, namely, milk fat, had been partially- 
abstracted therefrom.
On or about September 16, 1925, Swift & Co., Weiser, Idaho, having appeared' 
as claimant for the property, decrees were entered, adjudging the product to- 
be adulterated, and it was ordered by the court that it be released to the said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and that the bonds 
theretofore executed be exonerated.
C. F. MABVUT- Actinn Secretaru af. Ajirim.