17256. Adulteration  and  Misbranding of butter.     TJ.  S.  v. 25 Tubs,  et  al.,
of Butter. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. 
Product released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 24823, 24824. I. S. Nos. 
027753, 027755, 027757, 027758, 027759, 027760, 027762, 027763, 027764 
027666, 028004, 028005.    S. Nos. 3070, 3094.)
On April 3 and April 10,1930, respectively, the United States attorney for the 
District of New Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels praying 
seizure and condemnation of 176 tubs and 131 cases of butter at Jersey City, 
N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Great Lakes Terminal 
Warehouse Co., Toledo, Ohio, on or about February 1, 1930, and transported! 
from the State of Ohio into the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration 
and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part, variously: " From Anna Creamery Co. * * * Anna, Ohio; " " Great 
Lakes Terminal Warehouse Co. of Toledo, Ohio; " " Well's Yellow Rose Cream- 
ery Butter From the Wells Creamery Co. Delphos, Ohio to Rock Island Butter 
Company   *    *    *   Toledo, Ohio."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance 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 reason that the article was offered for 
sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On May 7, 1930, Droste & Snyder (Inc.), New York, N. Y., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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 bonds totaling $10,500, conditioned in 
part that it be reworked and reprocessed. On July 21, 1930, amended decrees 
were entered ordering that the product be renovated so that it comply with 
the requirements of the Federal food and drugs act.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.