25504. Adulteration of butter.    IT. S. v. 26 Tubs of Butter.    Decree of condem¬
nation.    Product released  under bond to be reworked.    (F. & D.  no.
36765.    Sample no. 43498-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which was deficient in milk fat.
On November 14, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Mas- 
sachusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 tubs of butter 
at Somerville, Mass., consigned about November 8, 1935, alleging that the arti- 
cle had been shipped in interstate commerce by the Pipestone Produce Co., 
from Pipestone, Minn., 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 by weight of milk fat, as 
required by the act of Congress of March 4, 1923.
On November 19, 1935, the Pipestone Produce Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and it 
was ordered that the product be released under bond, conditioned that it be 
reworked so that it contain at least 80 percent of milk fat
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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