5459. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 13 Cases and 45 Cases of Butter.   Consent
decrees of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond to be de- . 
natured or manufactured into butter oil.    (F. D. C. Nos. 10151, 10299.    Sam-; 
.pie Nos. 9618-F, 41242-F.)
This product, in addition to containing mold, was also, deficient in milk fat.
On June 4 and 24, 1943. the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Alabama filed libels against 13 cases and 45 cases, each containing 32 pounds, 
of butter at Mobile, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about May 25 and June 16, 1943, by Armour Creameries from 
Meridian, Miss.; and charging that it was adulterated. The article was labeled in 
part: (Carton) "Armour's Cloverbloom Butter."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a decomposed substance, and in that a product containing less than 80 
percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted therefor.
On September 30,1943, Armour & Co., claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libels and consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be denatured 
or remariufactured for butter oil, under the supervision of the Food and Drug 
Administration.