16762. .Vdulteration. and Misbranding of butter.     IT.  S. v. 7 Tabs of Butter.
Consent   decree   of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.    Product   re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. No. 24061.    I. S. No. 021082     S. No. 2247.)
On August 27. 1929. the United States attorney for the Southern District 
|'f New York. ;ietiu<c upon a report b\ the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
llle Di-trict C<-urt of the United State* for -^aicl district a libel praying seizure
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and I-OJHH mnat)o, ot 7 mbx of bntiei. lemab.ing in the original unbrok 
] .u'kaat ? at New Yoik. N. Y. alleuinu tb.it the article had b.>en xbipj^d by 
the Willow Kivej i'n'.im>r,\ Co. irom Willow River. Minn, on or about An- 
siUM 3 5. 3929. and n.i!i--pi,itcd from the State of Minnesota into the State of 
New Ynik. and < hnruinsr adulteration and misbranding in violation of the tootl 
and drug- aer.
It wax alleged in the lib?l that the article was adulterated in that a substance 
defifient in butterfat had been mixed and packed with it ?o a? to reduce or 
lower or injuriously nttect itx 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 offered for sale 
under the distinctive name of another article.
On September 3. 3929. the "Willow River Creamery Co.. Willow River. Minn., 
claimant. Iming admitted the allegations of the libel and havins consented 
to the entry ot a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claim- 
ant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $200, 
(onditioned in part that it be reworked and reprocessed so that it contain at 
least 80 per cent of butterfat.
ARTHTTR  M.  HYDE.  Secret or]/ of Agriculture.
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