4662. Adulteration of butter. TJ. S. v. 11 Cases of Butter (and 5 additional seiz- 
ure actions against butter). Decrees of condemnation. Portion of prod- 
uct ordered destroyed; portion ordered released under bond to be manu- 
factured into butter oil; and remainder ordered released under bond to be' 
reworked.    (F. D.. C. Nos, 8081, 8232, 8519, 8666,  8704, 8945.    Sample Nos.
i 9203-F, 9624-F, 9625-F, 10727-F, 10804-F, 11002-F, 15906-F, 15907-F.)
Portions of. this product were deficient in milk fat and the remainder contained 
mold.
Between July 16 and November 13, 1942, the United States attorneys for the 
Southern District of Alabama, Western District of Oklahoma, and the Northern 
District of California filed libels against 15 cartons, each containing 32 1-pound 
prints, and 250 cartons, each containing 16. %-pound prints, of butter at 
Mobile, Ala.; 21 68-pound cubes of butter at Elk City, Okla., 15 60-pound cubes, 
18 63-pound cubes, and 24 68-pound cubes of butter at San Francisco, Calif., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the 
period from on or about June 28 to November 17,1942, by the Armour Creameries 
from Meridian, Miss., Bismarck, N. Dak,, Floydada, Tex., and Minnesota Transfer, 
Minn.; and charging that it was adulterated. Portions of the article were labeled 
in part: "Cloverbloom Butter."
The butter seized at Mobile was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted 
in wholeror in part of a putrid and decomposed substance. The butter seized at 
San Francisco was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter. The butter 
seized at Elk City contained mold and was low in milk fat. 
On October 5 and December 11 and 24, 1942, Armour & Co., having appeared 
as claimant for the butter seized at San Francisco, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that 
it be brought into conformity with the law under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration.
On February 11, 1943, no claim having been entered for 11 cases of butter at 
Mobile, judgment of condemnation was entered and they were ordered destroyed. 
On November 23, 1942 and March 19, 1943, Armour & Co., having appeared as 
claimant for the remaihing 254 cases seized at Mobile and the lot at Elk City, and 
having admitted the allegations of the libels and consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered 
released under bond for conversion into butter oil or other legal product.
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