30744. Adulteration of butter.    V. S. v. 26 Tubs, 65 Tubs, and 15 Tubs of Butter.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond for re- 
working or denaturing. (F. &. D. Nos. 44834, 44835, 44853. Sample Nos. 
54117-D, 54119-D, 54121-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain mineral oil, others were 
deficient in milk fat, and in others both conditions were found.
On January 21, 26, and 27, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 106 tubs of butter
at Chicago, Ill. alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 11 and 21, and September 20, 1938, by Salt City 
Creamery Co. from Hutchinson, Kans.; and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act.
One lot was alleged to be adulterated in that mineral oil had been substituted 
in part for butterfat. A second lot 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. Both types of adulteration were 
alleged with respect to the third lot.
On April 14, 1939, Salt City 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 or denatured, as required. The butter which 
was low in milk fat but not otherwise adulterated was reworked to the legal 
standard, and the butter which contained mineral oil was rendered into inedible 
grease.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.