15906. Adulteration and misbranding- Of butter.     U. S. v. 10 Tubs of Butter.
Decree  of  condemnation and forfeiture.     Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 22825.    I. S. No. 20343-x.    S. No. 847.)
On May 29, 1928, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 10 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Shenandoah Valley Coop. Milk Producers 
Assoc, Strasburg, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped from Stras- 
burg, Va., on or about May 26, 1928, and transported from the State of Virginia, 
into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and; misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance containing less than 80 per cent of butterfat had been mixed and packed 
therewith so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength 
and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of or 
offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On July 23, 1928, the Shenandoah Valley Cooperative Producers Assoc, Stras- 
burg, Va., having appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemna- 
tion 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 $500, conditioned in part 
that it be reconditioned under the supervision of this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.