30059. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 14 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
No. 44612.    Sample No. 44781-D.)
_This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat
On December 19, 1988, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 tubs of butter at 
New York, N. Y.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 19, 1938, by the Spring Valley Butter Co. from 
Houston, Tex.; 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 
act of March 4, 1923.
On December 30, 1938, Spring Valley Butter Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the
product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be reworked under 
the supervision of this Department, and that it should contain at least 80 percent
of butterfat. 
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.