80904. Adulteration of butter.    TJ. S. v. 19 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.    (F. & D.
No. 45646.    Sample Nos. 55612-D, 55616-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat
On June 19, 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 19 tubs of butter at 
Chicago, BL; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about June 2, 1939, by Merrick Dairy Co. from Beloit, Wis.; 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 
act of March 4, 1923.
On June 27, 1939, Karsten & Sons, Chicago, El., 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 so 
that it contain at least 80 percent of milk fat
GBOVEB B. Hnx, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.