5462. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 14 Cases of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product   ordered   released  under   bond   for   reworking.
(F. D, C. No. 10297.   Sample No. 40882-F.)
- On July 9, 1943, the United States attorney for tie Eastern District of 
Louisiana filed a libel against 14 cases, each containing 32 1-pound prints, of 
butter at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce by the Fairmont Creamery Co., from Lawton, Okla., on or about 
June 30,1943; and charging that it was adulterated in that a product containing" 
less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On August 10, 1943, the Fairmont Creamery Co., Omaha, Nebr., claimant, 
\ laving admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
' entered and the product was ordered released under bond with provision for
shipment to Omaha, Nebr., for reworking into butter under the supervision of
the Food and Drug Administration.