18564. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 455 Cubes (29,120 pounds)   *   *   *.
(F. D. C. No. 32253.    Sample No. 28734-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 9, 1951, Northern District of California.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 24, 1951, by Sunflower Coop. 
Creamery Assn., from Everest, Kans.
PRODUCT:   455   64-pound cubes of butter at San Francisco, Calif.
LABEL IN PART:   "Western Dairy Butter."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of fly and 
other insect parts, feather barbules, rodent hairs, and nondescript dirt; 
Section 402 (a) (4), the article was prepared, packed, or held under insani- 
tary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth; and, 
Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing less than 80% by weight of milk 
fat had been substituted for butter.
ant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
wasentered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond 
to be converted into tallow, under the supervision of the Federal Security 
Agency.