16283. Adulteration of butter. TJ. S. v. 118 Tubs of Butter. Decree of con- 
demnation and forfeiture. Px-oduct released upon deposit of col- 
lateral.     (F.   &   D.   No.   23610.    I.   S.   No.   05797.     S.   No.   1818.)
On March 20, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, 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 con-
demnation of 118 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Boston, Mass., consigned about March 6, 1929, alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the North American Creamery Co., Paynesville, Minn., and 
transported from the State of Minnesota into the State of Massachusetts, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a substance 
containing less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat had been substituted 
in whole or in part for butter, which the said article purported to be, the act of 
Congress approved March 4, 1923, providing that butter contain not less than 
80 per cent by weight of milk fat.
On March 22, 1929, the North American Creamery Co., 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 orclered by 
the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment 
of costs and the deposit of collateral in the sum of $2,500 in lieu of 
bond, conditioned in part that it be reworked under the supervision of this 
department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.