15539. Adulteration and alleged Misbranding of butter. V. S. v. 7 Tubs of 
Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod- 
uct released Tinder bond. (P. & D. No. 22055. I. S. No. 198S1-X. S. 
No. 04.) 

On August 26, 1927, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, 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 7 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
Osseo Cooperative Creamery Co., from Osseo, Wis., August 22, 1927, and 
transported from the State of Wisconsin into the State of Illinois, and charg- 
ing adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drug act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
was deficient in butterfat, in that it contained less than 80 per cent of butter- 
fat, the standard established by Congress. Adulteration was' alleged for the 
further reason that a substance deficient in butterfat had been mixed  and
packed with the said article so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its 
quality  and strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article, butter.
On October 13, 1927, Hunter Walton & Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment was entered finding the product adulterated and ordering its 
condemnation and forfeiture, 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 $1,000, conditioned in 
part that it be reprocessed so as to contain not less than 80 per cent of butter- 
fat.
W. M. JAEUINE, Secretary of Agriculture.