29720. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 18 Tubs of Butter. Consent decree of 
condemnation.     Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
No. 44033.    Sample No. 26431-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On September 16, 1938, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 18 tubs of butter at 
Scranton, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about July 9, 1938, by Omaha Cold Storage Co. from Omaha, Nebr.; 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 act of 
March 4, 1923.
On November 3, 1938, the Omaha Cold Storage Co., Omaha, Nebr., 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.
M, L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.