22474. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 34 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree
of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product released under bond to 
be reworked.    (F. & D. no. 32840.    Sample no. 67952-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained less than 80 percent 
of milk fat.
On April 16,1934, 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 34 tubs of butter at Jersey City, 
N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or 
about April 6,1934, by the North Star Creamery Co., from Kenyon, 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 27, 1934, the North Star Creamery Co., having appeared through 
an agent as claimant, and having admitted the allegations of the libel and 
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 $600, conditioned that it be reworked so that it comply with the law.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.