22452. Adulteration  and misbranding of  butter.     IT.  S.  v.  126 Pounds   of
Print  Butter.     Default  decree  of  condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. no. 32619.    Sample no. 64391-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained less than 80 percent 
of milk fat.
On March 23, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 126 pounds of print 
butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about March 19, 1934, by the Oregon Creamery, from Oregon, 
Wis., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.   The article was labeled " Butter."
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.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article had been sold, shipped, 
and labeled " Butter ", which was false and misleading.
On May 15, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.