2380. Adulteration of butter.     XT. S. v. 40 Boxes of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product ordered released under bond to  be reworked.
(F. D. C. No. 6174.    Sample No. 75935-E.)
On October 21, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts filed a libel against 40 68-pound boxes of butter at Somerville, Mass., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about October 7, 1941, by 
the Harding Creamery Co. from Harding, Minn.; 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. The article was labeled in part: 
"Pipestone Produce Co. Somerville, Mass."
On October 31, 1941, Pipestone Produce Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having paid into the court $2,380 in lieu of bond, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released 
to be reworked under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.