30200. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 60 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
No. 44895.   Sample No. 54116-D.)
This product was deficient in milk fat since it contained less than 80 percent 
of milk fat.
On January 19, 1939, 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 60 tubs of butter at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about January 5, 1939, by Romine Creamery from Osage City, 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 milk fat, as provided 
by act of March 4, 1923.
On January 26, 1939, Dauber Bros., Chicago, Ill., having appeared as claim- 
ant and 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 bring it up to the legal standard.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.