769. Adulteration of butter.     U.   S.  v.  20  Tubs   of Butter.     Consent  decree  of
condemnation.     Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. D.  C.
No. 2626.    Sample No. 4860-E.)
On or about July 18, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Illinois filed a libel against 20 tubs of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 26, 
1940, by the Lykens Co-operative Creamery from Centuria, Wis.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that a product containing less than 80 percent by 
weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter. It was labeled in part: 
"Distributed by the Kroger Grocery & Baking Co.,   *   *   *   Chicago, Ill."
On July 25, 1940, the Lykens Co-operative Creamery,' claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the product was ordered pleased under bond conditioned that it be reworked 
so that it comply with^ the law.