80741. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 18 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of 
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.    (F. & D.
No. 45552.    Sample No. 55605-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On June 1, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 18 tubs of butter at Chicago, 
111.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about May 22, 1939, by Boone Dairy, Inc., from Boone, Iowa; 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 the act of March 4, 1923.
On June 2, 1939, Boone Dairy, Inc., claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond conditioned that it be reworked to the legal standard.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.