30716. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 1 Box of Butter.    Default decree of con¬
demnation.     Product   ordered   delivered   to   a   charitable   institution.
(F. & D. No. 45528.    Sample No. 51575-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On May 20, 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 1 box containing 
60 pounds of butter at Philadelphia, Pa.; alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 11, 1939, from Duluth, Minn., 
by Northwest Dairy Forwarding Co.; 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 June 10, 1939, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a charitable institution.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.