17037. Adulteration of butter.    V. S. v. lO Cubes of Butter.     Consent decree
of  condemnation  and  forfeiture.     Product   released  under bond.
(F. & D. No. 24559.    I. S. No. 018065.    S. No. 2625.)
On December 7, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, 
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 10 cubes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Portland, 
Oreg., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Vancouver Creamery 
Co., from Vancouver, Wash., on or about November 27, 1929, and transported 
from the State of Washington into the State of Oregon, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was 
deficient in butterfat, butter containing less than 80 per cent of milk fat 
having been substituted for normal butter of good commercial quality.
On December 10, 1929, the Vancouver Creamery Co. (Inc.), having appeared 
as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation 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 recon- 
ditioned in a manner satisfactory to this department
AETHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.