14476. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 10 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree
of  condemnation  and   forfeiture.     Product   released under  bond.
(F. & D. No. 21179.    I. S. No. 14003-x.    S. No. C-5178.) 
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On or about June 23, 1926, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, 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 10 tubs of butter, at Chicago, Ill., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Adair Creamery Co., from 'Adair, Iowa, 
June 10, 1926, and transported from the State of Iowa into the- State of 
Illinois, 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 
substance, to wit, excessive water, had been mixed and packed therewith 
so as to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, for 
the further reason that a substance deficient in milk fat and high in moisture 
had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article, for the further 
reason that a valuable constituent of the article, to wit, butterfat, had been 
in part abstracted therefrom and for the;.further reason thatJt cffiatained less q 
than 80 per cent of butterfat.     "   ~    . 
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On June 26. 1926, Gallagher Bros., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation 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 
$1,000, conditioned in part that it be reprocessed under the supervision of 
this department so that it contain not less than 80 per cent of butterfat.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.