18606. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 5 Cubes of Butter. Product re- 
leased under bond to be reconditioned. (F. & D. No. 26753. I. S. No. 
11810.    S. No. 4765.)
Samples of butter from the shipment herein described having been found to 
contain less than 80 per cent of milk fat, the standard provided by Congress, 
the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney 
for the Southern District of California.
On May 20,1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of five cubes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Los 
Angeles, Calif.,alleging that the article had been shipped by the Beaver Valley 
Creamery Co., Milford, Utah, on or about May 15, 1931, and had been trans- 
ported from the State of Utah into the State of California, and charging adul- 
teration 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 of milk fat had been substituted wholly or in 
part for butter.
On May 21, 1931, Joseph Thorup, Los Angeles, Calif., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel, 
judgment was entered ordering that the product be released to the said 
claimant upon payment of costs and the deposit of a cash bond in the sum of 
$100, conditioned in part that it should not be disposed of in violation of the 
Federal food and drugs act, and that it be reconditioned under the supervision 
of this department.
ABTHtTB M. HYDE, Secretary vf Agriculture.