14180.  Misbranding of butter.     U. S. v. 2 Cases of Butter.    Decree of con- 
demnation  and  forfeiture.     Product  released  under bond.     (F.  &
D. No. 21012.    I. S. No. 10519-x.    S. No. W-1947.)
On March 26, 1926, 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 seizure and 
condemnation of 2 cases of butter, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Seattle, Wash., in possession of a common carrier, alleging that the 
article had been prepared for shipment by the Mutual Creamery Co., Seattle, 
Wash., and was to have been shipped in interstate commerce to the Territory 
of Alaska, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act 
as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Maid O'Clover 
Butter One Pound Net When Packed Guaranteed by Mutual Creamery Co., 
Manufacturers and Distributors, U. S. A."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the 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 April 2, 1926, the Mutual Creamery Co., Seattle, Wash., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having paid the costs of the pro- 
ceedings, judgment of condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the said claimant to be relabeled under
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the supervision of this department, and it was further provided in the decree 
that the claimant file a bond in the sum of $100, to insure disposition of the 
product in accordance with law.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.