15411. Misbranding of butter.    TJ. S. v. 30 Cases of Butter.    Decree of con 
demnation and forfeiture entered.    Product released under bond.
(F. & D. No. 21734.-  I. S. No. 13549-x.    S. No. E-5832.)
On or about February 4, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Florida, 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 30 cases of .butter, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped - 
by the Valdosta Creamery, from Valdosta, Ga., February 1, 1927, and trans- 
ported from the State of Georgia into the State of Florida, and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was 
labeled in part: " Sweet Clover Creamery Butter, One Pound."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in violation of 
section 8, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the said act, in that the net weight statement 
" One Pound " was incorrect. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason 
that the statement " One Pound " was false and misleading, since the product 
had a net weight of less than 1 pound.
On February 8, 1927, the Larsen-Fenn Co., Inc., having appeared as claimant 
for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be released to the said claimant upon the execution of a bond in 
the sum of $500, conditioned \ that it be reworked so that each package contain 
16 ounces net of butter.
W. M. JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.