26083. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 131 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product released under bond for reworking.     (F. & D.
no. 37680.    Sample no. 55659-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of butter that contained less than 
80 percent by weight of milk fat.
On February 7, 1936, 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 .131 tubs of butter 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about February 1, 1936, by the Gerlach Grain & Produce Co., from 
Cordell, Okla., and that it was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act as amended March 4, 1923.
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 
product which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat
On February 10, 1936, the Peter Fox Sons Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to a decree, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be released 
under bond conditioned that it he reworked to comply with the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.