28897. Adulteration of butter.    U.  S. v. 10 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond for reworking-.     (F. & D.
No. 42094.    Sample No. 8510-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On March 15, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 10 tubs of butter 
at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about March 3, 1938, from West Salem, Wis., by Barre Mills Co- 
operative Creamery Co., 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, as provided by the 
act of March 4, 1923.
On March 15, 1938, C. H. Weaver & Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond conditioned that it be reworked.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.