14320. Adulteration of butter. TJ. S. v. 20 Cubes of Butter. Consent 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 21132.     I. S. Nos. 895-x, 10832-x.     S. No. W-1977.)
On May 11. 1920. 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 the district aforesaid a libel praying    ,
seizure and condemnation of 20 cubes of butter, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages in said district, alleging that the article had been shipped 
by E. W. Ellis, in interstate commerce from Portland, Oreg., to San Francisco. 
Calif., on or about May 6, 1926, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: "Mutual Cry. Co. San 
Francisco. Calif. S86 E. W. Ellis 277 Portland Ore."
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.
On May 25, 1926, the Mutual Creamery Co., San Francisco, Calif., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 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 and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $600, conditioned that it be brought into conformity with the law under 
the supervision of this department.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.