29871. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 14 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of 
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.    (F. & D.
No. 43142.    Sample No. 21265-D.)
This case involved butter that contained less than 80 percent by weight of 
milk fat.
On July 6, 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 14 tubs of butter at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about June 25, 1938, by the Verdigre Creamery Co. from Verdigre, 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 prod- 
uct which should contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, as 
provided for by the act of March 4, 1923.
On July 15, 1938, the Peter Fox S.on Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond to be reworked under the 
supervision of this Department.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.