15855. Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 45 Cases of Cloverbloom Creamery 
Butter.    Product released under bond to be reworked.     (F. & D.
No. 21127.    I. S. No. 7436-x,    S. Ne. E-5718.)
On May 5, 1926, the United States attorney for the Southern District oi 
Georgia, 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
condemnation of 45 cases of Cloverbloom Creamery butter, regaining in the 
original unbroken packages at Macon, Ga., alleging that .the article had been 
shipped from the Armour Creameries, from Louisville, Ky., April 24, 1926, and 
transported from the State of Kentucky into the State of Georgia, and charging 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article 
was labeled in part: " One Pound Net Weight Armour's Cloverbloom Pasteur- 
ized Creamery Butter, Distributed by Armour Creameries,    *    *    *    Chicago."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the net 
weight statement, "1 Lb. Net Weight," was not correct, and for the further 
reason that the statement, " 1 Lb. Net Weight," was false and misleading, since 
the product had a net weight of less than one pound.
On May 18, 1926, Armour & Co. having appeared as claimant for the property, 
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 $650, conditioned in part that it be returned to the factory for 
reworking to comply with the Federal food and drugs act.
AETHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.