16506. Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. Fifty-flve 30-Pound Cases of Butter.
Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.    Product   re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. No. 23839.    I. S. No. 04177.    S. No. 2095.)
On June 27, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme 
Court of the district aforesaid, holding a District Court, a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of 55 cases of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Washington, D. C, alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the H. C. Christians Co., from Chicago, Ill., on or about June 17, 1929, 
and transported from the State of Illinois into the District of Columbia, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. 
The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Gold Band Creamery Butter 
*    *    *    1 Pound Net."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the 
statement " 1 Pound Net," borne on the label, was false and misleading and 
deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason that the article was food in package form and the quantity of the con- 
tents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, 
since the quantity stated was not correct.
On July 6, 1929, the National City Dairy Co., Washington, D. C, claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, 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 $1,000, 
conditioned in part that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary 
to law.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.