204. Adulteration of butter.    U.  S. v. 12 Tubs  of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D. C. No. 1093.
Sample No. 68216-D.)
On November 20, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York filed a libel against 12 tubs of butter at New York, N. Y., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 
14, 1939, by the South Mountain Creamery, Inc., from Middletown, Md.; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that a product which contained less than 
80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On December 4, 1939, South Mountain Creamery, Inc., claimant, having ad- 
mitted 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 butterfat.