16731. Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 100 Pounds of Butter.     Consent de 
cree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.  No.
24052.     I. S. No. 021077.     S. No. 2229.)
On August 16, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
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 100 pounds of butter at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had been 
transported in interstate commerce by Charles W.. Press, Jersey City, N. J., 
from the premises of Meyer & Sornberger, New York, N. Y., to his own premises 
in Jersey City, N. J.", on or about August 12, 1929, and charging misbranding in 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The article was labeled in 
part: " Countrv Club Finest Creamery Butter Piinted Fresh Daily by Charles 
W. Press 1 Lb. Net Weight."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ments on the label, " 1 Lb. Net Weight" and " Printed Fresh Daily by Charles 
W. Press," were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, 
and in that the article was food in package form and the quantity of the con- 
tents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, 
since the statement " 1 Lb. Net Weight," was incorrect.
On October 1, 1929, Charles W. Press, Jersey City, N. J., claimant, 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 destroyed by 
the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.