30272. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. Seven Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reconditioned.
(F. & D. No. 44781.    Sample No. 42170-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat. 
On January 27, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of seven tubs of 
butter at Philadelphia, Pa.; alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce in part on or about October 12, 1938, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 
and in part on or about January 18,1939, from Chicago, Ill., by Miles Freedman; 
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 
law.
On February 3,1939, Miles Freedman having appeared as claimant, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be 
reconditioned so that it comply, with the law.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.