5460. Adulteration of butter.    tT. S. v. 12 Cases and 10 Cases of Butter  (and 1
other seizure action against butter). Decrees of condemnation. Por- 
tions of product. ordered sold, for use as salvage fats, and remainder, 
ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law.
(F. D. C. Nos. 10504, 10892.    Sample Nos. 42191-F, 42192-F, 43551-F.)
A portion of this product was contaminated with mold and the remainder was 
deficient in milk fat.
On or about August 12 and September 17, 1943, the United States attorneys 
for the Northern District of West Virginia and the Western District of Missouri 
filed libels against 22 cases of butter at Clarksburg, W. Va., and 27 cubes (1,728 
pounds) of butter at Kansas City* Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on or about July 2 and August 6, 1943, from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Oklahoma 
City, Okla., by the Beatrice Creamery Co.; and charging that it was adulterated. 
Portions of the article were labeled in part: "Meadow Gold Butter."
The shipment located at Clarksburg, W. Va., was alleged to be adulterated , 
in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy or decomposed animal sub-/ 
stance.   The remainder was alleged to be adulterated in that a product con- 
taining less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for 
butter.
On September 7, 1943, no claimant having appeared for the lot at Clarksburg, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold to a 
renderer for use as salvage fats. On October .27, 1943, the Beatrice Creamery 
Co. having appeared as claimant for the lot at Kansas City and admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.