18905. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 56 Cubes of But 
ter. Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
delivered to charitable institution. (F. & D. No. 27040. I. S. Nos. 
11724, 11825.    S. No. 5134.)
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 July 29, 1931, 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 56 cubes of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Farmers 
Cooperative Association (Farmers Cooperative Producers Association), from 
Idaho Falls, Idaho, on or about July 20, 1931, and had been transported from 
the State of Idaho into the State of California, and charging adulteration and 
misbranding 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 wjtiolly or in 
part for butter.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was a compound and 
blend and did not contain a label so stating.
On November 18, 1931, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered. The court having found that 
the product contained no deleterious matter and was fit for human consumption, 
ordered that it be delivered to a charitable institution.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.