30577. Adulteration of butter.     TJ. S. v. 13 Cubes of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product   released   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No.   45343. 
Sample Nos. 56142-D, 56143-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On May 3, 3939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Cali- 
fornia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed-in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 13 cubes of butter at Oakland, 
Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about April 24, 1939, from Mount Angel, Oreg., by Mount Angel Cooperative 
Creamery ;* and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing 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.
On May 19, 1939, the Lucerne Cream-& Butter Co., Oakland, Calif., having ap- 
peared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the product was 
ordered released under bond conditioned that it should not be disposed of until 
brought into compliance with the law. 
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M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.