16811. Adulteration and Misbranding of butter.     TJ. S. v. 67 Tubs of Bnttei'.
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture.    Product i*eleased under 
bond,     (E\ & D. No. 24227.    I. S. No. 024379.    S. No. 2370.)
On September 28, 1929, 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 the said district a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 67 tubs of butter, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Day Cooperative Cream- 
ery Association, Braham, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Braham, Minn., on or about September 26, 1929, and transported from the 
State of Minnesota into the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration 
and misbranding m violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a sub- 
stance deficient in butterfat had been substituted wholly or in part for the 
said article, and had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce, lower, 
or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Misbrand ng was alleged for the reason that the article was offered for 
sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On October 11, 1929, Wm. M. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered, and it .was ordered by the 'court that the product be 
released to said claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $2,680, condit'oned in part that it be recondit:oned under the 
supervision of this department.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.