13969. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 19 Boxes of Butter. Decree of con- demnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 20535. I. S. No. 2018-x. S. No. C-4843.) On October 14, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, ' 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 19 boxes of butter, at Memphis, Texm., alleging that the article had been shipped by Swift & Co., from Springfield, Mo., October 6, 1925, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Tennessee, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Box) "Creamery Butter Forestville Butter," (stamped on bos) "From Swift & Co., Springfield, Mo., to Swift & Co., Memphis, Tenn." (carton) " Forestville Creamery Butter 1 Lb. Net Weight." Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the statement "1 Lb. Net Weight," borne on the label, 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 October 24, 1925, Swift & Co. having appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of con- demnation 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 execution of a bond in the sum of $500, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the product be retreated under the supervision of this department so as to meet the objections raised in the libel. R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.