29157. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 150 Tubs of Butter (and 1 similar seizure
action). Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under 
bond for reworking. (F. & D. Nos. 42983, 42990. Sample Nos. 21783-D, 
21786-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On June 6 and 13, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
¦of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
•district court 2 libels praying seizure and condemnation of 272 tubs of butter 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about May 19 and 30, 1938, from Muskogee, Okla., by Swift & 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 not contain less than 80 percent of milk fat, as provided 
by the act of March 4, 1923.
On June 29, 1938, the cases having been consolidated and Swift & Co., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and 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.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.