30512. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. -v. 12 Tubs and 16 Tubs of Butter.    Con¬
sent decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond to be re- 
worked.     (F. & D. Nos. 45097, 45101.    Sample Nos. 54147-D, 54149-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On March 10 and 13, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 28 tubs of butter 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 17 and 22, 1938, by Deer Creek Creamery Co. from 
Atchison, 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 March 24, 1939, Deer Creek Creamery Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libels and the cases having been consolidated, judgment of 
condemnation was entered, and the product was ordered released under bond 
conditioned that it be reworked under the supervision of this Department.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.