18920. Misbranding of butter.    IT. S. v. 7 Cases, et al., of Butter.    Consent
decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond. (F. & D. No. 26762. I. S. Nos. 22280, 22281, 22282, 22283. S. No. 
4822.)
Sample packages of butter taken from two lots, which had been delivered 
to the common carrier at Seattle, Wash., for shipment to Alaska, having Been 
found to contain less than the weight declared on the label, the Secretary of 
Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Washington.
On June 6, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid libels praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 13 cases of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages 
at Seattle, Wash., delivered for shipment by the Centralia Dairy Co., Centralia, 
Wash., June 4, 1931, alleging that the article was to have been shipped from 
Centralia, Wash., to Alaska, and charging misbranding in violation of the food 
and drugs act as amended. A portion of the article was labeled in part: 
" One Pound Net Weight * * * Medo-Maid Butter." The remainder of 
the said article was labeled in part: " One Pound Net * * * Sunset Gold 
Creamery Butter."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that the 
statements, "One Pound Net" and "One Pound Net Weight," appearing on 
the respective labels, were false and misleading, since the packages contained 
less than the quantity declared. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason 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 packages, 
since the quantity stated on the said packages was incorrect
On June 23, 1931, the Centralia Dairy Co., Centralia, Wash., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments were entered, which were amended on October 27, 1931, 
condemning and forfeiting the property and ordering that it be released to the 
said claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of bonds totaling $200, 
conditioned in part that it be brought into conformity with the law under the 
supervision of this department and that it should not be sold or otherwise dis- 
posed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal food and drugs act, or the 
laws of any State, Territory, district, or insular possession.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.