20837. Adulteration of butter.     V. S. v. 30 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree
of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product   released   under   bond 
to be reworked.     (F. & D. no. 30087.    Sample no. 32003-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of butter, samples of which were 
found to contain less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, the standard for 
butter prescribed by Congress.
On March 22, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 
30 tubs of butter at New York, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about March 8, 1933, by the Westport Cooperative 
Creamery Association, from Westport, Minn., to New York, N.Y., and charging 
adulteration 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 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for 
butter.
The Westport Cooperative Creamery Association, Westport, Minn., appeared 
through an agent and filed a claim for the property, admitting the allegations 
of the libel and consenting to the entry of a decree. On March 27, 1933, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the claimant upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned that it be reworked so 
that it contain at least 80 percent of milk fat.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.