15006. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter. V. S. v. 39 Boxea of 
Butter.     Decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.      Product   re-

leased   under   bond.      (F.   &   D.   No.   21161.     I.   S.   No.   7294-x.     S.   No.
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E-5795.)
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On June 25, 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 39 boxes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Hanford Produce 
Co., Sioux City, Iowa, and transported from the State of Iowa into the State 
of Maryland, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Pasteurized Creamery 
Butter."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance 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 the act of March 4, 
1923.
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," borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and misled 
the purchaser.
On July 23, 1926, Armour & Co., Baltimore, Md., 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 $1,250, conditioned in part that it not be sold or disposed of contrary 
to law, and until inspected and approved by this department.
W. M. JARDmE, Secretary of Agriculture.