5149. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. SI Tubs of Butter. 
Decree of condemnation and forfeitnx'e. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 21943. , I. S. No. 16459-x.    S. No. B-6112.)
lOn May 19, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
gnrt of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condem- 
" ion of 21 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
j|&ton, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Linden Coop- 
Itive Creamery Assn., Linden, Mich., and transported from the State of 
" "ligan  into  the  State  of  Massachusetts,   and   charging  adulteration   and
3randing in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. 
|it was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it was 
TjSient in butterfat.
lisbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package
and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously
|pked on the outside of the package, in that some packages failed to bear a
"tement of net weight, and on others the statement made was incorrect.
JDn May 26, 1927, I. H. Ballou & Co., Boston, Mass., having appeared as claim-
||^for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment
^condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court
it the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs
|the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned
fji&tt that it be reworked under the supervision of this department,  and
labeled to show the true quantity of the contents of the package.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.