26415. Adulteration of  butter.     U.   S.  v.  5 Tubs,   et al  of Butter.     Decree  of
condemnation.     Product   released   under   bond.     (F.   &   T>.   no.    88122. 
Sample nos. 7789-C, 7790-C.)
This case involved butter that was deficient in milk fat.
On July 29, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 41 tubs of butter at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about July 8 and July 15, 1936, by the Lakeville Creamery Co. from Lakeville, 
Minn., and charging adulteration in violation of the act of 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 as provided by the 
act of March 4, 1923.
On August 19, 1936, the Purity Creamery Co., Baltimore, Md., 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 up to the 
legal standard.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture,