30066. Adulteration of batter.     U. S. v. 104 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
No. 44474.    Sample No. 45613-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On November 17, 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 104 tubs of butter at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about August 15, 1988, by Nashua Creamery from Nashua, Wis.; 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 19, 1938, Hansen & Matson Co., Chicago, Ill., 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 
to the legal standard.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance; and in that it con- 
sisted of portions of animals unfit for food.
On December 13, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.