14153. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 17 Cartons  (816 pounds)   *   *   *-
(F. D. C No. 26684.    Sample No. 45459-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 4, 1949, Northern District of Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about December 29,1948, by the Medford Cooperative 
Creamery Assoc, from Medford, Minn.
PRODUCT:   17 eartons, each containing 66 pounds, of butter at Sioux City, Iowa.
LABEL IN PART: "48 Creamery Butter Distributed by Fairmont Foods 
Company."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
milk fat, had been in part omitted for the product; and, Section 402 (b) (2), 
a product which contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been 
substituted for butter.
DISPOSITION: January 31, 1949. The Medford Cooperative Creamery Assoc, 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned 
that it be reworked under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.