16815. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. 18 Cases of Butter, et al. Consent 
decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond. (F. & D. Nos. 24229, 24230. I. S. Nos. 021092, 021093. S. Nos. 2350, 
2351.)
On September 21, 1929, the United States attorney for the District of Con- 
necticut, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
crict Court of the United States for said district libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 23 cases of butter, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Bridgeport Conn., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
J. R. Kramer (Inc.), from New York, N. Y., in various consignments, on or 
about September 3, September 11, and September 14, 1929, respectively, and 
transported from the State of New York into the State of Connecticut, and 
charging misbranding in violation  of  the food  and  drugs  act  as  amended.
A portion of the article was labeled in part: (Roll) "One Pound Red Seal 
Brand Creamery Butter 16 Oz. Put up by Wurtzel & Gordon, Inc. Bridgeport, 
Uonn." The remainder of the said article was labeled in part: (Roll) "One 
Pound Net Weight The Lenox Brand Butter * * * John R. Woodhull 
*    *    *    Bridgeport."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that the 
statements, " One Pound," " 16 Oz.," and " One Pound Net Weight," as the 
case might be, were false and misleading and deceived the purchaser. Mis- 
branding was alleged for the reason that the article was food in package form 
and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked 
on the outside of the packages, since the statements, " One Pound," " 16 Oz.," 
and " One Pound Net Weight," were incorrect.
On October 8, 1929, J. R. Kramer (Inc.), New York, N. Y., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were 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 bonds totaling $600, conditioned in part 
that it be returned to the factory and reprinted into full quarter-pound sec- 
tions and packed into full 1-pound packages, or reprinted inio lull 1-pound rolls, 
so that it comply with the law.
AETHTJR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agnculture.