5150. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 22 Cases  of Batter,   (and 6 additional
seizure actions against butter). Decrees of condemnation. Six of the 
lots ordered released under bond, 3 to be reworked and 3 to be manu- 
factured into butter oil. One lot ordered sold to highest bidder, to be 
denatured and used for technical war purposes. (F. D. C. Nos. 10226, 
10229, 10235, 10293, 10296, 10300, 10481. Sample Nos. 9620-F, 32539-F, 
33828-F, 38905-F, 41309-F, 43202-F, 43204-F, 43206-F, 46846-F.)
Portions of this product contained mold.   Other portions were low in milk fat.
Between June 23, and August 3, 1943, the :United States attorneys for the 
Southern District of Alabama, the Southern District of Iowa, the Middle Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, the Northern District of Ohio, the Northern District of 
Illinois, and the Eastern District of North Carolina filed libels against 30 cases 
of butter at Mobile; Ala., 383 cubes, 154 cartons, and 20 tubs of butter at 
Atlantic, Iowa, 10 cases, 22 pounds of butter at Elkland, Pa., 65 cases of but- 
ter at Cleveland, Ohio, 21 % cartons of butter at Chicago, Ill., and 19 cases 
at Rocky Mount, N. C, alleging that the article had been, shipped in interstate 
commerce within the period from on or about May 21 to July 19, 1943, by 
Swift & Company from West Point, Miss., Omaha, Nebr., Elmira, N. Y., Keokuk, 
Iowa, and Lexington, Ky.; and charging that it was adulterated. Portions of 
the article were labeled in part: "Swift's Brookfield Butter," "Butter Meadow- 
land Creamery Distributors, Chicago," "Waverly Brand Creamery Butter * ¦ * * 
Manufactured by Waverly Butter & Egg Co., Waverly, N. Y.," or "Gflenwood [or 
"Southern Belle" or "Cresta"] Creamery Butter."
Portions- of the article were alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy and decomposed substance. The remainder was 
alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less than 80 percent by 
weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
Within the period from July 3 to September 8, 1943, decrees of condemnation 
were entered. No claim having been entered for the lot located at Elkland, 
Pa., the product was-ordered sold on condition that it be denatured and used 
for technical war purposes. Swift & Co. having appeared as claimant in the 
other actions, the product was ordered released under bond on condition that 
it be disposed of in compliance with the law.   The lots that were low in milk fat
were reworked and the lots that contained mold were converted into refined 
butter oil. 
Nos. 5151 to 5167  (also No. 5150)   report actions involving ,butter that 
was below the legal standard for milk fat.