16280. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 13 Cubes, et al., of Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 23599. I. S. No. 09." S. No. 1815.) On March 1.6, 1929, the United States attorney for the Northern District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for sad district a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 cubes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken pack- ages at San Francisco, Calif., consigned by the Marion Creamery & Produce Co., Portland, Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped from Portland, Oreg., March 9, 1929, and transported from the State of Oregon into the State of Cali- fornia, 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 product containing less than 80 per cent of milk fat had been substituted for butter. On March 20, 1929, Alfred Monotti, San Francisco, Calif,, having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, judg- ment of condemnat'on 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 $700, conditioned in part that it be made to conform to the provisions of the Federal food and drugs act under the supervision of this department. ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.