15704. Adulteration of butter. V. S. v. lO Cubes, et al, of Butter. Consent 
decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond. (F. & D. Nos. 22690, 22714. I. S. Nos. 17488-x, 17492-x. S. Nos. 691, 
701.)
On or about March 12 and March 15, 1928, respectively, the United States 
attorney for the Western District of Washington, acting upon reports by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for 
said district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 15 cubes of butter, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Seattle, Wash., alleging that 
the article had been shipped by the Junction City Creamery, Junction City, 
Ore., in part March 7, and in part March 9, 1928, and transported from the 
State of Oregon into the State of Washington, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that a prod- 
uct containing less than 80 per cent of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On March 19, 1928, the Junction City Creamery, Junction City, Ore., claim- 
ant, having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to 
the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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 
toonds totaling $450, conditioned in part that it be reconditioned so as to con- 
form with the Federal food and drugs act.
R. W. DXTNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.