14047. Adulteration and misbranding: of butter. U. S. v. 12 Cubes of But- 
ter. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released  under   bond.     (F.   &  D.   No.  20731.    I.   S.   No.   1063-x.    S.   No.
W-1828.)
On or about December 3, 1925, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying 
the seizure and condemnation of 12 cubes of butter, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by the Capital City Cooperative Creamery, from Salem, Oreg., Novem- 
ber 24, 1925, and transported from the State of Oregon into the State of Cali- 
fornia and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of the food and 
drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "From Capital 
City Cooperative Creamery Mf'rs Of Buttercup Butter * * * Salem, 
Oregon."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in milk fat had been substituted wholly or in part for the 
said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package 
form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously 
marked on the outside of the package.
On January 15, 1926, the Wilsey-Bennett Co., San Francisco, Calif., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a
ecree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was or- 
Lered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon 
>aynient of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the. 
um of S500, conditioned in part that it be made to conform with the provisions 
f the law under the direction of and to the satisfaction of this department.
R. W. DUNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.