16520. Adulteration  and misbranding of oleomargarine.   U.  S.  v.  11   Cases
*   *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 29358.   Sample No. 79440-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :   June 8,1950, District of Massachusetts. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about March 27, 1950, by Swift & Co., from Jersey
City, N. J. 
PRODUCT:   11 cases, each containing 24   1-pound cartons, of oleomargarine at
Bedford, Mass.   Analysis showed that the product contained an average of
75.93 percent fat. 
LABEL,  IN  PART:    (Carton)   "Gem   Margarine   Fortified   With   Vitamin   A
*   *   *   Oleomargarine." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)   (2), a product containing
less than 80 percent fat had been substituted for oleomargarine. 
Misbranding, Section 403   (g)   (1), the article failed to conform to the
definition and standard of identity for oleomargarine since it contained less
than 80 percent fat. 
DISPOSITION:   August 22, 1950.    Default decree of condemnation.   The court
ordered that the product be delivered to a charitable institution.
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