15738. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. TJ. S. v. 19 Tubs of Butter. 
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.    (F. & D. No. 22789.    I. S. Nos. 25643-x, 20336-x.    S. No. 780.)
On April 25, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District ol 
Pennsylvania, 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 19 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Larson Creamery Co., Cokato, 
Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped from Cokato, Minn., on or 
about April 23, 1928, and trazisported from the State of Minnesota 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 substituted wholly 
or in part for the said article, and had been mixed and packed therewith 
so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength, and for 
the further reason that a valuable constituent of the article, butterfat, had been 
wholly or in part abstracted.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation 
of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On May 4, 1928, the Larson Creamery Co., Cokato, Minn., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the pruduct be released to the 
said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution 
of a bond in the sum of $600, conditioned in part that it be reconditioned under 
the supervision of this department.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting' Secretary of Agriculture.