6888. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 129 Cases, 26 Cases, and 200 Cases of
Butter.   Decrees of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond.
(F. D. C. Nos. 13140, 13141, 14360. Sample Nos. 61710-F, 61711-F, 61714-F, 
90046-F.)
LIBELS FILED: June 17 and 21, 1944, Eastern District of Louisiana; October 16, 
1944, Eastern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about May 27, June 11, and July 28, 1944, by the 
Sugar Creek Creamery, from Russellville, Ark., and Cape Girardeau, Mo.
PRODUCT:    129 cases and 26 cases, each containing 32    1-pound cartons, 4 %- 
pound prints in each carton, of butter at New Orleans, La., and 200 cases, each 
containing 62 pounds, of butter, at National Stock Yards, Ill. 
The portion at New Orleans contained mold.
LABEL IN PART: (Portion-—retail carton) "Velva Brand Creamery Butter Dis- 
tributed by H. G. Hill Stores, New Orleans, La.," (portion—retail carton) 
" Cudahy SUNLIGHT Creamery Butter * * * The Cudahy Packing 
Co. Distributors."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), (New Orleans lots) 
the product consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance; 
and, Section 402 (b) (2), (National Stock Yards lot) a product containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
DISPOSITION: August 2 and November 16, 1944. Sugar Creek Creamery Co., a 
corporation, Danville, Ill., having admitted the allegations of the libels, judg- 
ments of condemnation were, entered and the product was ordered released
_ under bond, the lots at New Orleans for refining into butter oil, and the remaining 
lot for reworking, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.