30058. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 221 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product  released under bond to  be reworked or de- 
natured.     (F. & D. No. 44425.    Sample No. 45612-D.)
A part of this product was deficient in milk fat and a part contained added 
mineral oil.
On November 14, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 221 tubs of butter 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 19, 1938, by Salt City Creamery from Hutchinson, 
Kans.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product which contained 
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. It was alleged to be adulterated further in that 
mineral oil had been substituted in part for butterfat.
On December 9, 1938, Salt City Creamery, claimant, having admitted the alle- 
gations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the product 
was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be reworked or denatured 
under the supervision of this Department as required. The butter of legal 
standard was released, that low in milk fat was reworked to contain 80 percent 
of milk fat, and that found to contain mineral oil was rendered into soap grease.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.