14483. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     XJ. S. v. 99 Tubs of Butter.
Consent     decree     of     condemnation     and     forfeiture.      Product     re- 
leased   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No.   21185.    I.   S.   No.   7577-x.    S.   No.
B-5803.)
On July 6, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New 
York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and condem- 
nation of 99 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at. 
New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by ^T.sN?Eosse^ 
Ridgeway, Iowa, on or about June 26, 1926, and transported from the State of 
Iowa into the State of New Y6rk, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a 
substance deficient in butterfat had been mixed and packed therewith so as 
to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength and had been 
substituted wholly or in part for the said article.   .._ 
Misbranding was alleged Jor the reason::that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article. 
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On July 9, 1926, O. A. Fosse, Ridgeway, Iowa, claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was prdered^y^the-eourtr 
that the product be released to the said claimant upon paymen^of:"tfie-%)sts r 
of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,000, conditioned 
in part that it be reworked and reprocessed so that it contain at least 80 per 
cent of butterfat. , 
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W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.