5311. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 163 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation. Product ordered released under bond, conditioned that 
a portion  be  reworked  and the  remainder converted into  butter oil.
(F. D. C. No. 10478.   Sample No. 45133-F.)
This product was low in milk fat, and portions contained mold.       . 
On August 3,1943, the United States attorney for the Southern District of'New 
York filed a libel against 163 tubs of butter at New York, N. Y., alleging that the
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article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 11, 1943, by the 
Garst Bros. Dairy, Inc., from Roanoke, Va,; and charging that it was adulterated 
in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed sub- 
stance, and 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: "Butter Dis- 
tributed by J. R. Kramer Inc.   *   *   * -New York, N. Y."
On August 21, 1943, Garst Bros. Dairy, Inc., claimant, having admitted the alle- 
gations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was, entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond for reworking a portion (58 tubs) and con- 
version of the remainder (105 tubs) into refined butter oil under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration. 
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