17554. Misbranding of Butter. U. S. v. 30 Boxes of Butter. Decree of con demnation and forfeiture. Product released nnder bond. (F. & D. No. 24901. I. S. No. 037976. S. No. 3178.) Samples of butter from the herein described interstate shipment having been found to be short weight, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney for the District of Maryland. On June 6, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- demnation of 30 boxes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped by the De Soto Creamery & Produce Co., Minneapolis, Minn., from Chicagp, Ill., and had been transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Maryland, and charging misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Superior Creamery Packed exclusively for Blatter Bros. * * * 1 Lb.. Net Weight." It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- ment " 1 Lb. Net "Weight," borne on the label, was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was in package form and the quantity of contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package. On June 12, 1930, the De Soto Creamery & Produce Co., Minneapolis, Minn., having appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 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 should not be sold or disposed of until relabeled to comply with the law. ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.