16711. Adulteration of butter. V. S. v. A Large Q/uantity of Butter. Con- 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond. (F. & D. No. 24059. I. S. Nos. 08903, 08904, 08906, 08969, 
S. No. 2145.)
On July 24,, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, 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 con- 
demnation of 369 tubs Qf butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped by the Mer- 
chants Creamery Co., Springfield, Mo., in various consignments, on or about 
June 15, June 25, June 29, and July 3, 1929, respectively, and transported from 
the State of Missouri into the State of Ohio, and charging adulteration in viola- 
tion of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in substance in the libel that the article was adulterated in 
that a product deficient in milk fat had been substituted for butter, which the 
said article purported to be, and in that it contained less than 80 per cent of 
milk fat, the act of May7 (March) 4, 1923, prescribing that butter contain not 
less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat.
On August 27, 1929, the Merchants' Creamery Co., Springfield, Mo., 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 
ordered by the court, that the-product be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $15,000, condi- 
tioned in part that it be salvaged under the supervision of this department.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.