782. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 10 Tubs and 2 Tubs of
Butter.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. Nos.
1987, 2040.   Sample Nos. 2357-E, 2366-E, 2368-E.)
On May 13 and May 18, 1940, the United States attorney for the District 
of Massachusetts filed libels against 12 tubs of butter at Boston, Mass., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about May 2 
and May 9, 1940, by the North Danville Creamery Go. from North Danville, Vt.; 
and charging that it was adulterated and that a portion was also misbranded. 
It was labeled in part: "W. H. Lerned & Sons Boston Mass. W 65#;" or 
"Butter Distributed by W. H. Lerned & Sons, Boston, Mass."
The article in both shipments was alleged to be adulterated in that a product 
containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for 
butter. One shipment was alleged to be misbranded in that it was labeled 
"Butter," which was false and misleading as it contained less than 80 percent of 
milk fat.
On August 6, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.