16730. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 21 Cases of Butter. Consent decree 
of  condemnation  and  forfeiture.    Product  released  undeic  bond.
(F. & D. No. 24042.    I. S. No. 021076.    S. No. 2231.)
On August 14, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
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 21 cases of butter at New Brunswick, N. J., alleging that the article had 
been transported in interstate commerce by Meyer Feller, from the premises
of Abe Jaffee, New York, N. Y., to the premises of Meyer Feller, New Brunswick, 
N. J., and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended. The article was labeled in part: "EMEF Brand Fancy Creamery 
Butter One Pound Net Weight."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment on the label, " One Pound Net Weight," 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, since the statement " One Pound Net 
Weight" was incorrect.
On August 26, 1929, Meyer Feller, New Brunswick, N. J., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented that a decree be 
entered condemning and forfeiting the product, judgment was entered ordering 
that the said product be released to the claimant upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $300, conditioned in part that it be re- ' 
packed in tubs and stamped to comply with the law.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.