15288. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 24 Tubs of Butter. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 21996.    I. S. No. 16754-x.     S. No. 6.)
On July 6, 1927, 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 
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-condemnation of 24 tubs of butter, at New York, N.-Y., alleging that the article 
-had been shipped by the Alberta Creamery & Pi'oduce Co., from Alberta, Minn., 
|?.on or about June 21, 1927, and transported from the State of Minnesota into the 
: State of New York, 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, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength, and had been sub- 
stituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
Ou July 8, 1927, the Alberta Creamery & Produce Co., Alberta, Minn., claim- 
ant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having contented tu 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 iu 
the sum of $720, conditioned in part that it be reworked and reprocessed so as 
to contain at least 80 per cent of butterfat.
W. M.  JAKMNE, Secretary of Agriculture.