19964. Adulteration of butter      TJ.  S. v.  12  Cubes  of Butter.     Product  re¬
leased under bond for reworking:.     (No. 983-A.    F. & D. No. 28472.)
This action involved the shipment of a quantity of butter, samples of which 
were found to contain less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat, the standard 
for butter prescribed by Congress.
On June 30, 1932, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 12 cubes of butter, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 25, 1932, by the Beaver Valley 
Creamery Co., from Milford, Utah, to Los Angeles, Calif., and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
(Case) "Beaver Valley Creamery, Beaver, Utah."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a product 
containing less than 80 per cent of milk fat had been substituted wholly or in 
part for butter.
On July 1, 1932, Joseph Thorup, Los Angeles, Calif., having entered an 
appearance and claim, praying release of the property, and having furnished a 
cash bond in the sum of $100, conditioned that the product should not be sold or 
otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of the Federal food and drugs 
act and all other laws, the court approved the bond and ordered the product 
released. On July 5, 1932, the product having been reworked to the satisfaction 
of this department, the release was made permanent and it was ordered by the 
court that bond be exonerated upon payment of all costs of the proceedings.
HENBY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.