11657.?Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v, 33 Tubs of Butter,    decree 6f con?
demnation.     Product  released  under  bond.      (F.   & ID.  No. '17589..
I. S. No. 1858-v.'   S. No. E-4424.)
On July 2, 1923, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts,,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed* in the District Court?
of the United States for said district a libel of information praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 33 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken?
packages at Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped by the?
Lebanon Creamery Co., Lebanon, Mo., on or about June 1, 1923, and trans??
ported from the State of Missouri into the State of Massachusetts, and charg??
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a sub??
stance, to wit, excessive water, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to>?
reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and strength. Adulteration?
was alleged for the further reason that a substance, to wit, a product deficient?
in milk fat and high in moisture, had been mixed and packed therewith so as?
to reduce and lower and injuriously affect its quality and ^strength and had been?
substituted in whole or in part for butter, which the said article purported to>?
be. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that a valuable ^constituent?
of the article, to wit, butterfat,' had been in whole or in part abstracted.
On July 6, 1923, H. P. Belknap, trading as George A. Fales Co., Boston,?
Mass., having entered an appearance as claimant for the property and having
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filed a satisfactory bond in conformity with section 10 of the act, judgment of?
condemnation was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be?
released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.