4343. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 41 Cartons of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Produet ordered delivered to JVew York; Salvage  Com- 
mittee for war purposes.    (F. D. C. No. 8124.    Sample No. 17004-F.)
On August 3, 1942, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York filed- a libel against 41 63-pound cartons of butter at New York City,' 
N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about July 23, 1942, by the Omaha Cold Storage Co. from Omaha, Nebr., and 
charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. The article was labeled in part; "Doug- 
las Brand Sweet Butter * * * Distributed by Bellevue Creamery & Produce 
Company, Omaha, Nebraska."
On November 12, 1942/ the Bellevue Creamery and Produce Co. of Omaha, 
"Nebr., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condem- 
nation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to the New York City 
Salvage Committee to be used for technical war purposes.    l