3 6764. Misbranding of butter. V. S. v. 5 Cartons of Butter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 23938. I. S. No. 03713. S. No. 2124.) On July 19. 1929. the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, acting upon a report by rhe Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 5 cartons, each purporting to contain 32 pounds of butter, at Jersey City, N.J. alleging that the article had been transported by Suchman & McRoberts (Inc.), Jersey City. N. J., irom the premise* ot Kaplan & Levine. New York. N. Y., on or about July 35. 1929. and transported from the State of New York into the State of New Jersey, and charginsr misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act ax- amended. The article was labeled in part: " Efco Brand Creamery Butter ?- * * One Pound * * * Eli Freedman Co. Inc.. New York City. N. Y." It wa? alleged in the libel that the article wax mix-branded in that the state- ment on the label. " One Pound." was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and in that it was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outride of the package, since the statement " One Pound " was incorrect. On August 16, 1929, Kaplan & Leune, New York, N. Y., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the Ubel and having consented that a decree be entered condemning and forfeiting the product, judgment was entered ordering that the product be released to the said claimant upon pajment of costs and the deposit of $50 cash bond, conditioned in pa it that the butter be reprinted into full quarter-pound sections and packed in full 1-pound packages. ARTHUR M. HYDE. Secretary of Agriculture.