2362. Adulteration of butter,    tr. S. v. 32 Cubes and 52 Cubes of Butter.    Decrees
of condenination. . Portion of product ordered released under bond for 
reconditioning; remainder ordered sold for use in the manufacture of 
soap.    (F. D. C. Nos. 600.6, 6128.    Sample Nos. 53764-E, 72105-E.)
One shipment of this product contained mold as well as nondescript dirt; 
and the otlier was deficient in milk fat.
On September 18 and October 16, 1941, the United States attorney for the 
Southern District of California filed libels against 84 68-pound cubes of butter 
at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been introduced in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 10 and October 7, 1941, by Plains 
Cooperative, Inc., from Portales, N. Mex.; and charging that it was, adulterated.
The product in one shipment was alleged to be adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed animal substance. The butter 
in the other lot was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On October 4, 1941^ Challenge Cream & Butter Association, Los Angeles, 
Calif., claimant for the 32 cubes of butter, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond to be reconditioned under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration. On November 28, 1941, no claimant having appeared 
for the 52 cubes of butter, judgment of condemjiation was entered and the 
product was ordered sold by the United States marshal to be disposed of in 
the manufacture of soap under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.