555. Adulteration of  butter.     U.   S.  v.  31  Tubs  of Butter.     Consent  decree  of
condemnation.     Product   ordered   released  under  bond   to   be   reworked.
(F. D. C. No. 2133.    Sample No. 4887-E.)
On or about May 22,1940, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois filed a libel against 31 tubs of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 4, 1940, by 
Saline Milk Products Co. from Marshall, Mo.; and charging that it was adulter- 
ated in that a product which contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk 
fat had been substituted for butter.
On May 22, 1940, Saline County Milk Producer Association, 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.