29872. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 2 Tubs  of Butter.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 44378.   Sample No. 49969-B.)
This case involved butter that contained less than 80 percent by weight of 
milk fat.
On November 5, 1938, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of two tubs of butter 
at New Orleans, La.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about July 80, 1938, by Fort Worth Poultry & Egg Co. from 
Fort Worth, Tex.; 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 by weight of milk fat as provided 
by the act of March 4, 1923.
On December 8, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.