22459. Adulteration of butter.    V. S. v. 12 Boxes of Batter.    Consent decree
of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under bond to 
be re-worked.    (F. & D. no. 32636.    Sample no. 67944-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained less than 80 percent 
of milk fat.
On April 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 12 boxes of butter 
at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about March 28, 1934, by the Farmers Cooperative Creamery 
Association, from New Ulm, Minn., 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 April 24, 1934, the Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association, 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 $300, conditioned 
that it be reworked to the legal standard.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.