27870. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 52 Tubs of Butter.    Decree of condemna¬
tion.    Product  released under bond.     (F.  & D.  No.  40180.     Sample No. 
39501-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On August 11, 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 52 tubs of butter at 
San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 25,1937, by Miles Friedman, Inc., from Slater, Iowa, 
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 product 
which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On or about August 19, 1937, "Wilsey Bennett Co., 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 
brought up to the legal standard under the supervision of this Department.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.