17662. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 10 Boxes of Butter.    Consent decree
of condemnation and  forfeiture.    Product  released under bond*
(F. & D. No. 25268.    I. S. No. 897.    S, No. 3385.)
Samples of butter from the herein described interstate shipment having been 
found to contain less than the legal requirement of milk fat, namely, less than 
80 per cent of milk fat, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to 
the United States attorney for the Western District of Washington.
On August 28, 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 10 boxes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Farmers 
Union Cooperative Creamery, Big Timber, Mont., about August 19, 1930, and 
had been transported from the State of Montana into the State of Washington, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a product 
containing less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for 
butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 per cent by weight of 
milk fat as provided by the act of Congress of March 4, 1923.
On August 30, 1930, the Sweet Grass County Creamery, Big Timber, Mont., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to 
the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claim- 
ant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $250, 
conditioned in part that it be made to conform with the Federal food and drugs 
act, under the supervision of this department.
ARTHUR. M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.