21295. Adulteration of batter. U. S. v. 48 Cubes of Batter. Consent de- 
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released nnder 
bond.     (F. & D. no. 30829.    Sample no. 29170-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, the standard for butter 
established by act of Congress.
On July 3, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Cali- 
fornia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 48 cubes of butter at 
Los Angeles, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about June 19, 1933, by the Carbon County Creamery Co., 
from Red Lodge, Mont., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. 
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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.
On July 14, 1933, the Carbon County .Creamery having appeared by agent 
as claimant and having admitted the allegations of the libel and consented 
to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the claimant
upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $800, con- 
ditioned that it be reworked so that it conform to the requirements of the law.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.