18248. Adulteration and alleged Misbranding of butter.    V. S. v. 71 Tubs- ?>$
of    Butter.    Decree    of    condemnation    and    forfeiture    entered, -s
Product released under bond.    (F. & D. No. 21965.    I. S. No. 15319-x. j
S. No. C-45478.) 
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1 On June 3, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern Distri'dt of %
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in' the- %
District Oourt
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?f the United States for said'district a libel praying seizure and |
condemnation vof-71 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages J
at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Suthdr- \
-land Creamery Co., Sutherland, Iowa, on or about May 21,1927, and transported" %
from the State of Iowa into the State of Louisiana, -and- charging adulteration 3
and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in violation of J
section 7 of the act, paragraphs'1, 2, and 3, under food, and was misbranded in*  
violation of section 8, of said act, paragraph 1, under food, in that it was short '[
in butterfat, containing less than 80 per cent of butterfat.    It was further :
alleged -that the article was in violation of the act of March 4, 1923, 'which ;
defined and provided a standard for butter, in that it.was deficient in butterfat- P
On June 8, 1927, S. Pfeifer & Co., New Orleans, La., having appeared as |
claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel, a is
decree was entered adjudging the product adulterated and ordering its con- :
demnation, and it was further ordered by the court that the said product be %
released to the claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the *
execution of a bond in the sum of $1,900, conditioned in part that it not be sold ?*
-or otherwise disposed of until it contained 80 per cent of butterfat and complied .
-with the law:"? f3' 

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