16621. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    TJ. S. v. 11 Tubs of But 
ter.    Decree  of  condemnation  and  forfeiture.    Product   released "$ 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 23883.    1. S. No. 08065.    S. No. 2036.)
On June 18, 1929, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
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 11 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken pack*, 
ages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Waynesboro Creamery, Waynes-*| 
boro, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped from Waynesboro, Va., on j- 
or about June 11, 1929, and transported from the State of Virginia into the" 
State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation
of the food and drugs act. 
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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 |1 
wholly or in part for the said article and had been mixed and packed with itl 
so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength. Adulter^ 
tion was alleged for the further reason that a valuable constituent of tix$i 
article, butterfat, had been wholly or in part abstracted. 
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Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered foajj 
sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On June 24, 1929, Edson Bros., Philadelphia, Pa., having appeared &% 
claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture w|| 
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 sufti
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I of $500, conditioned in part that it be reconditioned under the supervision 

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ARTHUR M. HYDE,* Secretary of Agriculture. 
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\ 16622. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    IT. S. v. 28 Tubs of Bat- 
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ter.    Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.    Product
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released  under   bond.     (F.  & D.   No.  23890.       I.   S.  No.  04097.    S.  No.
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2030.)                                                                                                                                                                              ! 
{ On June 12, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
S New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
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| District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and ?        (
I condemnation of 28 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
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I at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Dougherty 
{* Cooperative Creamery, Dougherty, Iowa, on or about June 6, 1929, and trans- 
it ported from the State of Iowa into the State of New York, and charging 
| adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. 
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|     It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a substance 
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| deficient  in butterfat had been mixed and packed with  it so  as  to reduce 
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I or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength and had been substituted 
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I wholly or in part for the said article. 
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I Misbranding was alleged for the rea,son that the article was offered for sale 
I under, the distinctive name of another article.
I On June 18, 1929, the Dougherty Cooperative Creamery, Dougherty, Iowa, 
I 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 claim- 
ant upon payment of costs and the execution of bond in the sum of $1,000, 
conditioned in part that it be reworked and reprocessed so that it contain at 
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least 80 per cent of butterfat.
ARTHUR M, HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.