17108. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter.    TJ. S. v. 12 Tubs of Butter.
Default   decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. No. 24358.    I. S. No. 022350.    S. No. 2393.)
On October 11, 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 12 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Tennessee Valley Creamery Co., 
Knoxville, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped from Knoxville, 
?Tenn., on or about October 8, 1929, and transported from the State of Tennessee 
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. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason 
that the article consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid 
animal substance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
On December 26, 1929, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Affriculture.