27812. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     U.  S. v.  36 Cubes of Butter.
Decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond.     (F.  & D.  No.
40209.    Sample No. 39046-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat
On August 2, 1937, 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 36 cubes of butter 
at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that it had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about July 27, 1937, by the Lander Creamery Co. from Rawlins, Wyo., and 
charging adulteration and misbranding in violation -of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: "Lander Creamery Co Primrose Ice Cream 
Butter."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less than 80 per- 
cent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a product which 
should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Butter" was 
false and misleading and deceived the purchaser since it contained less than 
80 percent of milk fat.
On August 13, 1937, Bennett & Layton, Inc., San Francisco, Calif., having 
appeared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered 
that the product be released under bond conditioned that it be reworked to the 
legal standard.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.