14212. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 23 Cubes of Butter.     Decree adjudg 
ing  product   adulterated   and   ordering   its   release.     (F.   &   D.   No.
21001.    I. S. No. 1136-x.    S. No.. W-1936.)
On or about March 16, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seiz- 
ure and condemnation of 23 cubes of butter, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Idaho Creamery Co., from Rupert, Idaho, on or about March 
4. 1926. and transported from the State of Idaho into the State of California, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drags act. The 
article was labeled in part: " From Idaho Creamery Co., Rupert, Idaho."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel 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 in part ab- 
stracted, so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality and strength.
On April 2, 1926, the Nelson-Ricks Co., Los Angeles, Calif., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the property, a decree of the court was entered, ad- 
judging the product adulterated and ordering that it be delivered to the said 
claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings, and that the bond 
theretofore executed be exonerated and released.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.