11569. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 61 Cartons    *    *    *     (and 2 other seizure
actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 21050, 21057, 21937.   Sample Nos. 19774-H, 19775-H, 
48965-H, 49895-H.)
LIBELS FILED :    On or about July 29 and 30, and October 21, 1946, District of
Minnesota and Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   Between the approximate dates of June 22 and August 27,
1946, by the Cudahy Packing Co., from Fairmont, N. Dak., and Nashville,
Tenn.
PRODUCT: Butter. 61 cartons at Minneapolis, Minn., and 14 cases at Birmingham 
and 17 cases at Montgomery, Ala. Each carton and case contained 32 1-pound 
prints of butter. Analysis showed that a portion of the product contained 
mold.
LABEL IN PART : "Cudahy's Sunlight Creamery Butter," or "Cudahy's Daisy 
Maid Brand  Creamery Butter."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration (2 lots), Section 402 (a) (3), the article 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance; and (1 lot), 
Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of 
milk fat had been substituted for butter.
DISPOSITION : August 29, October 9, and November 15, 1946. The Cudahy Pack- 
ing Co., Chicago, Ill., having appeared as claimant for the Minneapolis lot 
and consented to the entry of a decree, and no claimant having appeared for
the Birmingham and Montgomery lots which contained mold, judgments of 
condemnation were entered. It was ordered that the Minneapolis lot be re- 
leased under bond for reworking under the supervision of the Federal Security 
Agency; that the other two lots be sold; that the Birmingham lot be used in 
the manufacture of fats; and that the Montgomery lot be denatured.