15282. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 29 Tubs of Butter. 
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture entered. Product re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. No. 22015.    I. S. No. 20016-x.    S. No. 32.)
On July 19, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
I the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 29 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Wytheville Creamery, Wythe- 
ville, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped from Wytheville, Va., 
on or about July 16, 1927, and transported from the State of Virginia, into 
the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that a sub- 
stance  containing less  than  80  per cent  of  butterfat  had  been  mixed  and 
packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect ils quality and 
strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article. 
\   Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation
Jof or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
"\   On August  3,   1927,   M.   Wildstein,   Philadelphia,   Pa.,   having appeared   a3
?. ^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
t execution of  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  $1,800,   conditioned  in  part  that  it  be 
reconditioned under the supervision of this department.
W. M. JARDINB, Secretary of Agriculture.