30329. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 12 Tubs of Butter. Consent decree of 
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
No. 44554.    Sample Nos. 19759-D, 44591-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat
On December 5, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 12 tubs of butter at 
Newark, N. J.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about November 21, 1938, by Land Oakes Creamery, Inc., from 
Minneapolis, Minn.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act
-TJb^^article-JWAS-alLegedLtobe^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 February 16, 1939, Land O Lakes Creamery, Inc., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and 
the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be reworked 
so that it contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat.
HAEBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.