14634. Adulteration and misbranding: of butter. TJ. S. v. 75 Cases, et al., of Batter. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- leased nnder bond. (F. & D. Nos. 21125, 21126, 21140. I. S. Nos. 5496-x, 5497-x, 5498-x, 5535-x, 7701-x to 7706-x, incl. S. Nos. E-5703, E-5704, E-5705.) On May 29 and June 3 and 9, 1926, respectively, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 209 tubs, 75 cases and 133 boxes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages in part at Springfield, and in part at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Mandan Creamery & Produce Co., Mandan, N. Dak., and transported from the State of North Dakota into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it was deficient in butterfat. Misbranding was alleged with respect to 24 tubs of butter 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 July 21. 1926, the Mandan Creamery & Produce Co., Mandan, N. Dak., having appeared as claimant for the property, 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 $100, conditioned in part that it be reworked so as to contain at least 80 per cent of butterfat, and relabeled to show the true quantity of the contents of the containers. W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.