15339. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S.  v.   12  Boxes  of Butter.     Consent  de 
cree   of   condemnation   entered.      Product   released   under   bond.
(F. & D. No. 22017.    I. S. No. 13282-x.    S. No. 24.)
On July 14, 1927, 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 12, 50-pound boxes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Baltimore, Md., consigned about July 6, 1927, alleging that the article had been 
shipped from Chicago, Ill., by the H. C. Christians Co., Johnson Creek, Wis., 
(Chicago, Ill.) and transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Mary- 
land, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Ayrshire Brand * * * Creamery 
Butter * * * Sold by H. C. Christians Co., Johnson Creek, Wis. * * * 
Contents 1 Pound Net."
It was alleged in the! libel that the article was adulterated, in that a sub- 
stance 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 Match 4, 1923.
On or about July 28, 1927, the H. C. Christians Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, 
having admitted the material allegations of the libel and having consented to 
the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 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 $500, 
conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed of until reworked 
and the butterfat content increased to a minimum of 80 per cent
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.