15082. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 283 Cartons (18,112 pounds)   *    *    *.
(F. D. C. No. 26444.    Sample Nos. 11405-K, 11406-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    On or about December 3, 1948, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about November 1, 1948, by Peter Fox Sons Co., 
from Chicago, HI.
PRODUCT: 283 cartons, each containing approximately 64 pounds, of butter at 
New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in
whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.    (The product
contained whole insects, insect fragments, rodent hair fragments, and manure.)
Further adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing less than 80
percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
DISPOSITION: September 15, 1949. Peter Fox Sons Co., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the court ordered that the product be released under bond to be converted into 
fat for soap manufacturing purposes, under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.