27817. Adulteration of butter.     IT. S. v. 42 Boxes of Butter.     Decree of condem¬
nation.    Product released under bond.    (F. & D. No. 40236.    Sample No 
54617-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On August 23, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 42 boxes of butter at Spring- 
field, Mass., consigned about August 9, 1937, alleging that the article had been
shipped in interstate commerce by North American Creameries, Inc., from Car- 
rington, 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, a prod- 
uct which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On August 28, 1937, North American Creameries, Inc., Boston, Mass., having 
appeared as claimant and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judg- 
ment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be 
released upon the deposit of cash collateral, conditioned that it be reworked so 
that it contain at least 80 percent of milk fat.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.