6775. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter.    U.  S. v. 30 Tubs of Bat 
ter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 24146 I. S. No. 021250. S. No. 
2304.)
On September 10, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
f New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
le District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
nd condemnation of 30 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
ackages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
\e Farmers Cooperative Creamery (& Produce) Co., Grantsburg, Wis., on 
r about August 31, 1929, and transported from the State of Wisconsin into 
ie State of New York, and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation 
f the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated In that a substance 
efieient in butterfat had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or 
)wer or injuriously affect its quality or strength, and had been substituted 
'holly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for 
ale under the distinctive name of another article.
On September IS, 1929, the Farmers Cooperative Creamery & Produce Co., 
Grantsburg, Wis., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and 
avmg consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and 
irfeituiv was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
eleascd to the said claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a 
ond in the --urn of $900, conditioned in part that it be reworked and reproc- 
v$ecl ^0 rh?t it outturn at least 80 per cent of butterfat.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.