19694. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter. IT. S. v. 55 Cases of But- 
ter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 27931. I. S. Nos. 50727, 50734. S. 
No-. 5935.)
Samples of butter taken from the interstate shipment involved in this action 
having been found to contain less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat, the 
standard prescribed by Congress, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the 
matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
On or about February 24, 1932, the United States attorney filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 55 cases of butter, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on January 22, 1932, by the Blue Valley Creamery Co., 
from Parsons, Kans., to Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration and mis- 
branding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in 
part: "Blue Valley Butter * * * Blue Valley Creamery Co. * * * 
Chicago, Ill."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance deficient in butterfat had been mixed and packed therewith so as to 
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been 
substituted in part for said article. Adulteration was alleged for the further 
reason that the article contained less than 80 per cent of butterfat.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article had been sold, 
shipped, and labeled as butter, which was false and misleading, since it con- 
tained less than 80 per cent of milk fat.
On March 1, 1932, the Blue Valley Creamery Co., Chicago, Ill., 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 claimant to be 
reworked under the supervision of this department, upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that it should 
not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal 
food and drugs act, and all other laws.
HENRY A.  WALLACE,  Secretary of Agriculture.