4098. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 30 Cartons of Butter  (and 2 additional
seizure actions against butter). Decrees of condemnation. Portions 
ordered sold for technical war purposes. Remainder released under bond 
to be disposed of as animal feed. (F. D. C. Nos. 7970, 7971, 8543. Sample 
Nos. 77149-E, 77151-jE, 77152-E, 4546-F to 4548-F, incl.)
Between July 1 and September 25, 1942, the United States attorneys, for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of Ohio filed libels 
against 30 cartons and 19 cases, each containing 32 1-pound rolls or prints, of 
butter at Harrisburg, Pa., and 34 boxes, each containing 63 pounds, of butter at 
Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce in the period from on or about June 24 to on or about September 13. 1942, 
by the Merchants Creamery Co., Inc., from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Springfield, Mo.;.. 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy, or decomposed substance. It was labeled in part: "Bulk Butter," "Country 
Style Roll Butter Distributed by J. H. Kreamer & Co., Harrisburg, Pa.," "Spring- 
field Brand Butter," or "Clover Brand Creamery Butter."
On September 11 and September 14,1942, no claimant having appeared for the 
portion of the article located at Harrisburg, judgments of condemnation were \ 
entered and the product was ordered sold to the highest bidder to be mixed with 
inedible grease and disposed of for technical war purposes. On October 21, 
1942, the Merchants Creamery Co., Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel covering that portion located at Cincinnati, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond for 
reconditioning under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, and 
disposition as animal feed.