4764. Adulteration of butter.    IT. S. v. 12 Boxes of Butter.    Consent decree of
condenination.     Product . ordered   released  under  bond  for   reworking'.
(F. D. C. No. 9967.    Sample Nos. 45081-F; 45082-F.)
On April 21, 1943, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York filed a libel against 12 66-pound boxes of butter at New York, N. Y., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
April 3, 1943, by the Winthrop Creamery Co. from Winthrop, Iowa; and charg- 
ing 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: "Creamery Butter Distributed William Menzer, Inc.   *   *   * New York."
On May 5, 1943, William Menzer, Inc., New York, N. Y., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the product was ordered released under bond for reworking under the super- 
vision of the Food and Drug Administration so that it comply with the law.