6889. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 145 Cartons   (8,700 pounds)   of Butter
(and 1 other seizure action against Jtutter). Consent decrees of con- 
demnation. Portion of product ordered used, for industrial or war pur- 
poses ; remainder ordered released under bond, to be converted into butter 
oil.    (F. D. C. Nos. 10806, 14356.   Sample Nos. 44693-F, 82515-F, 82525-F.)
LIBELS FILED: On or about September 15, 1943, and September 31, 1944, East- 
ern District and Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 9, 1943, and May 31, 1944, by 
South Mountain Dairies, Inc., Middletown, Md.
PRODUCT: 145 cartons, each containing approximately 60 pounds, of butter, at 
New York, N. Y., and 24 63-pound tubs and 6 60-pounds cartons of butter, 
at Brooklyn, N .Y.
Examination of samples showed that this product contained mold.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), (both lots) the product 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; and, 
Section 402 (b) (2), (one lot) a product containing less than 80 percent by weight 
of milk fat had been substituted for butter.    -
DISPOSITION: April 10, 1944. The Sunnydale Ice Cream Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 
claimant for one lot, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a render- 
ing plant, for salvaging of the fat for industrial or war purposes. On October 21, 
1944, Penn Blue Ridge Dairies, New York, N. Y., claimant for the remaining lot, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond, to be converted into 
butter oil.