16742. Adulteration and Misbranding of Butter. U. S. v. 7 Tubs of Butter. 
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 24155.    I. S. No. 016422.     S. No. 2349.)
On September 23, 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 7 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Farmers Cooperative Creamery 
Co., Staples, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped from Staples, 
Minn., on or about September 18, 1929, and transported from the State of Minne- 
sota into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a substance 
deficient in butterfat had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article, 
and had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously 
affect its quality or strength.
Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was offered 
for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On September 27, 1929, C. M. Drake & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., having appeared 
as claimant for the property, 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 $500, 
conditioned in part that it be reconditioned under the supervision of this 
department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.