21970. Adulteration of butter.    U.  S.  v.  7  Cubes  and 4  Cubes  of Butter.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (F. & D. no. 31902.    Sample nos. 54756-A, 54757-A.)
This case involved a shipment 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 January 6, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 11 cubes of 
butter at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about December 30, 1933, by the Sentinel-Missoula 
Creamery, Inc., from Missoula, Mont., 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, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk 
fat as provided by the act of March 4, 1923.
On February 9, 1934, the Sentinel-Missoula Creamery Co. having appeared 
as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product might be released 
to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $285, conditioned 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.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.