2789. Adulteration of   oleomargarine.      U.   S.   v.   29   Cases   of   Oleomargarine.
Product adjudged adulterated and ordered delivered to charitable insti- 
tutions.     (F. D. C. No. 3062.    Sample No. 16164-E.)
This product was deficient in fat and contained excessive moisture.
On September 20, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri riled a libel against 29 cases of oleomargarine at Kansas City, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
July 12 and 15, 1940, by Durkee Famous Foods from Chicago, Ill.; and charging
that it was adulterated. It was labeled in part: "One Pound Net Spredit Vege- 
table Oleomargarine."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance deficient in fat 
and containing excessive moisture had been substituted wholly or in part for 
oleomargarine, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent of fat 
when manufactured under good commercial practice.
On December 2, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered find- 
ing the product adulterated as alleged but ordering that it be delivered to chari- 
table institutions since it was not unfit for human consumption.