16186. Misbranding of buttei-.     TJ. S. v. 20 Cases of Buttei*.     Decree of con 
demnation and forfeiture.     Product released under bond.     (F. & D.
No. 23134.    I. S. No. 0833.    S. No. 1172.)
On or about August 31, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana, 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 20 cases of butter, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the Clover Farm Dairy Co., Memphis, Tenn., on or about August 24, 1928, 
and transported from the State of Tennessee into the State of Louisiana, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The 
article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Always Fresh and Sweet Dixie Clover 
Creamery Butter One Pound When Packed Quarters;" (cases) "Creamery 
Butter From Clover Farm Dairy Company, Memphis, Tenn."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment " One Pound When Packed " was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled the purchaser, and in that the article was food in package form and the 
quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the package, in that the quantity stated on the package was not 
correct.
On October 9, 1928, the Clover Farm Dairy Co., Memphis, Tenn., having ap- 
peared 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 payment of 
costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $250, conditioned in part that 
it be reconditioned and reworked to comply with the requirements of the Federal 
food and drugs act.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.