14886. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 143 Tubs and 150
Cartons of Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and for- 
feiture.     Product released under bond.     (F. & D. No. 21315.    I.  S
Nos. 5081-x, 5082-x.    S. No. E--5865.)
On or about September 20, 1926, the United States attorney for the District 
of Maryland, 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 143 tubs and 150 cartons of butter, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Harrow-Taylor Butter Co., from Kansas City, Mo., and transported 
from the State of Missouri into the State of Maryland, and charging adultera- 
tion and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. A portion of the 
article was labeled in part: (Print) "Richfield Creamery Butter * * * 
Harrow-Taylor Butter Co. Kansas City."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub- 
stance low in butterfat had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, 
lower, and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted 
wholly or in part for butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 
per cent by weight of milk fat as prescribed by law.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article, and in that the statement 
" Butter" was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser.
On October 30, 1926, the Harrow-Taylor Butter Co., Kansas City, Mo., claim- 
ant, 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 $10,000, conditioned in part that it be reworked in compliance with 
the requirements of the law.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.