14179. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.   U.ST 173 Cartons (11,245
pounds)   *   *   *.    (F. D. C. No. 25369.   Sample No. 8910-K.) 
at,
as W      LIBEL FILED :   July 25,1948, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about July 1, 1948, by the Exira Creamery Co., from
er I Exira, Iowa,
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PRODUCT:   173   65-pound cartons of butter at New York, N. Y.   Analysis dis- 
closed that the product contained insects, insect parts, and manure, and that 
re 1 it was in part deficient in milk fat.
!•> LABEL, IN PART :   "Butter   Distributed J. R. Kramer New York, N. Y."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
c* whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; and, Section
402(b) (2), a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat 
its | had been substituted for butter.
Misbranding, Section 403(a), the label statement "Butter" was false and 
, *¦ I misleading.
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DISPOSITION: August 11, 1948. The Exira Creamery Co., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was enters 
and the product was ordered released under bond for conversion into fat for 
soap manufacturing purposes, under the supervision of the Federal Security 
Agency.