14488. Misbranding? of butter. TJ. S. v. 147 Pounds of Butter. Default de- 
cree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (P.  & D.   No.
20245.    I. S. No. 24800-v.     S. No. C-4766.)
On June 23, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Texas, 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 147 pounds of butter, remaining in the original packages 
at Dallas, Tex., consigned by the Climax Creamery Co., Shawnee, Okla., 
alleging that the article had been shipped from Shawnee, Okla., on or about 
June 16, 1925, and transported from the State of Oklahoma into the State 
of Texas, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act 
as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "American Beauty 
Butter * * * Manufactured By The Climax Creamery Co. Shawnee, Okla. 
One Pound Net." 
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement " One Pound Net," 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, in that the product 
was short weight.
On May 10, 1926, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.