21413. Adulteration of  butter.     TJ.   S.  v.  46  Tubs  and  11  Tubs   of Butter.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product re- 
leased under bond. (F. & D. nos. 31068, 31069. Sample nos. 40305-A, 
40319-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 
established by Congress.
On August 9 and August 12, 1933, the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 57 
tubs of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, in part on or about July 29, 1933, and in part on or about 
August 5. 1933, by Ravenwood Cooperative Creamery Co., from Ravenwood, 
Mo., 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 substituted 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 August 15, 1933, the cases having been consolidated into one cause of 
action and Coyne & Nevins Co., Inc., 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 claimant upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that it be 
reworked under the supervision of this Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.