30341. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 17 Cubes of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product   released   under   bond.      (F.   &   J).   No.   44852. 
Sample No. 20166-B.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat. 
On February 6, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 cubes of butter 
at Los Angeles, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about January 8, 1939, by Carthage Creamery Co. from 
Carthage, Mo.; 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 February 21, 1939, Carthage Creamery Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the prod- 
uct was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be brought up to the 
legal standard under the supervision of this Department.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.