2348. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v. 35 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond to be converted into 
butter oil.    (F. D. C. No. 5290.    Sample Nos. 47179-E, 62241-E.)
On July 19, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 35 tubs of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about July 8, 1941, by La Belle Creamery Co. 
from La Belle, Mo.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
On September 26, 1941, S. Kramme and Peder Kristensen, trading as K. & K. 
Creamery Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the 
libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond for conversion into purified batter oil under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration.