1.5252. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 826 Pounds of 
Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 21919. I. S. Nos. 3547-x, 3548-x. 
S. No. C-5465.)
On April 28, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary, of Agriculture, filed; in the ?istrici Court 
of the United States for said* district a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of S26 pounds of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at South 
St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Booster Cooper- 
ative Creamery, Eau Claire, Wis., April 21, 1927, and transported from the 
State of Wisconsin into the State pf Minnesota, and charging adulteration and,, 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act a-s ?amended. The article 
was labeled in part: (carton) "Pasteurized Creamery Butter * * * One 
Pound Net Weight."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that a substance 
deficient in butterfat had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, 
lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength, and had been substituted 
wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article, and for the further reason that 
it was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly 
and cohspicuously marked on the outside of the package, since the statement 
" One Pound Net" was incorrect, the package containing a less amount of 
butter.
On May 4, 1927, Armour & Co.,'Chicago, Ill., having appeared as claimant for 
the property and having consented to its condemnation and forfeiture, judgment 
was entered ordering 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 $1,000, conditioned in part that it be reworked and not be sold or otherwise 
disposed of contrary to law.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.