29002. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 31 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of 
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
No. 42889.    Sample No. 21741-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On May 3, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 31 tubs of butter at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce
on or about April 21, 1938, by Barre Mills Cooperative Creamery from West 
Salem, Wis.; 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 May 11, 1938, C. H. Weaver & Co., Chicago, 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 to the legal standard.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.