26575. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 17 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
no. 38152.    Sample no. 9021-C.)
This case involved butter that was deficient in milk fat.
On August 7, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 tubs of butter 
at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 27, 1936, by the Johnson Stores Co., from Michi- 
gan, N. Dak., 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.
On August 12, 1936, Johnson Stores Co., having appeared as claimant and 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and it was ordered that the product be released under bond to be 
reworked so that it contain at least 80 percent of milk fat
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.