24317. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 43 Tubs of Butter.    Decree of con¬
demnation. Product released under bond. (F. & D. no. 35105. 
Sample no. 11997-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which was found to contain less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat.
On January 10, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 43 tubs of 
butter at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about November 7, 1934, by the Oregon Savinar 
Co.. from Seattle, Wash., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a prod- 
uct which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat as provided by 
the act of Congress of March 4, 1923.
On February 21, 1935, the Oregon-Savinar Produce Exchange, Inc., having 
appeared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was- 
ordered that the product be released under bond, conditioned that it be brought 
into conformity with the law under the supervision of this Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.