20101. Adulteration  and  Misbranding of  butter.     U.S.  v.  4  Cases   of But¬
ter. .Default decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
delivered to welfare association. (F. & D. No. 28614. Sample No. 
1563-A.)
This case involved the shipment of a quantity of butter, samples of which 
were found to contain less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, the standard 
for butter provided by Congress.
On July 27, 1932, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, 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 four cases each containing 60 pounds of butter, 
remaining in the original unbroken packages at Longview, Wash., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about July 25, 
1932, by the Mount Angel Cooperative Creamery, from Portland, Oreg., to 
Longview, Wash., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) " Delicious 
Meadow-Dew Butter Oregon Creamery Butter."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a product 
containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for 
butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat as 
provided by the act of March 4, 1923.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was labeled butter, 
which was false and misleading in that it contained less than 80 percent 
of milk fat.
On September 8, 1932, no claim having been interposed, and the Mount Angel 
Cooperative Creamery having requested that the product be disposed of tor 
charitable purposes, default judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to the 
local welfare association.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.