10589. Adulteration of  butter.    U.   S.  v.  475  Boxes   (15,200  pounds)     *     *     *.
(F. D. C. No. 18293.    Sample Nos. 7474-H, 7475-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 28,1945, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about August 3, 1945, by the Davis-Cleaver Produce
Co., Quincy, Ill. 
PRODUCT:    475 boxes, each containing 32   1-pound prints, of butter at New York,
N. Y.   Analysis showed that the product contained mold. 
LABEL, IN PART :    (Portion)    "Ferndale   Butter."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed substance; and, Section 
402 (b) (2), a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat 
had been substituted for butter.
DISPOSITION : September 17, 1945. The Davis-Cleaver Produce Co., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was en- 
tered and the product was ordered released under bond to be converted into 
refined butter oil, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.