18415. Adulteration of butter.    TJ. S. v. 2 Cars of Butter.    Consent decree
of condemnation  and forfeiture.    Product released  under bond.
(F. & D. No. 25260.    I. S. No. 6063.    S. No. 3371.)
Samples of butter from the shipment herein described having been found to 
fall below the standard provided- by act of Congress, namely, to contain less* 
than 80 per cent of milk fat, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
On August 19, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of two cars of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Cincinnati, Ohio. It was alleged in the libel that one car of the said butter 
had been shipped by the Summit City Creamery Co.; Aurora, Mo., on or about 
June 7, 1930 (July 19, 1930), and had been transported from the State of 
Missouri into the State of Ohio, and that it was adulterated in violation of the 
food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a prod- 
uct deficient in milk fat had been substituted for butter, which the said article 
purported to be, and for the further reason that it contained less than 80 per 
cent by weight of milk fat.
On October 15, 1930, the Summit City Creamery Co., Aurora, Mo., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decreej judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was 
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant for 
salvaging under the supervision of this department upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a good and sufficient bond, conditioned in part that it should 
not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to law.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.