21086. Misbranding of butter. V. S. v. 4 Boxes of Butter. Default decree of condemnation entered. (F. & D. no. 28396. Sample no. 13021-A.) This case involved a shipment of butter, sample packages of which were found to contain less than 1 pound, the declared weight. On May 31, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a district' court, a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 4 boxes of butter at Washington, D. C, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Marty Creamery Co., from Monroe, Wis., on or about May 19, 1932, and had been transported from the State of Wisconsin into the District of Columbia, and charging misbranding in viola- tion of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Dutch Maid Butter One Lb. Net * * * Marty Creamery Co., Monroe, Wise." It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that it was food in package form and failed to bear a plain and conspicuous statement of the quantity of the contents on the outside of the package, since the statement made was not correct. On March 8, 1933, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be disposed of by the United States marshal in such manner as would not violate the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.