19286. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 25 Cases of Butter. Product re- 
leased under bond to be reworked. (F. & D. No. 26519. I. S. No. 
25088.    S. No. 4669.)
Samples of butter from the shipment herein described having been found 
to contain less than 80 per cent of milk fat, the standard prescribed by Con- 
gress, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States 
attorney for the District of Minnesota.
On May 5, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 25 cases of butter, remaining in the original and unbroken 
packages at South St. Paul, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about April 23, 1931, by the White City Creamery Co., from Mott, 
N. Dak., and had been transported in interstate commerce from the State of 
North Dakota into the State of Minnesota, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: 
" Swift's Premium Quality Brookfield Pasteurized Creamery Butter * * * 
1 Lb. Net."
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.
The White City Creamery Co., Mott, N. Dak., filed an answer praying release 
of the property and tendered a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned that the 
product be reworked so that it contain not less than 80 per cent of milk fat, 
and that it should not be sold or disposed of contrary to the provisions of the 
Federal food and drugs act or other existing laws, and further conditioned 
that claimant pay all costs of the proceedings. On June 4, 1931, a decree was 
entered approving the said bond and ordering release of the product.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.