20869. Adulteration of  butter.    TJ.  S. v. 21  Tubs and  11  Tubs  of Batter.
Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond to be reworked. (F. & D. nos. 29883, 29938. 
Sample nos. 31503-A, 31515-A.)
These cases involved shipments 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 February 7 and February 20, 1933, the United States attorney for the 
District of New Jersey, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 32 tubs of butter at Newark, N.J., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about January 24 and February 
8, 1933, by the Manchester Creamery Association, Manchester, Minn., to 
Newark, N.J., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that a 
product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been sub- 
stituted for butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent 
of milk fat as provided by the act of March 4, 1923.
On February 17 and February 28, 1933, M. Augenblick & Bro., Inc., Newark, 
N.J., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libels and having con- 
sented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture 
were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released 
to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of bonds totaling 
$500, conditioned that it be reworked so that it comply with the law.
R. G. TUGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.