22550. Adulteration of   butter.    U.   S.   v.   14   Cubes   of   Butter.     Decree   of
condemnation    and    forfeiture.     Product    released    under    bond.
(F. & D. no. 32836.    Sample no. 73349-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained less than 80 percent 
of milk fat.
On May 14, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 cubes of butter 
at Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about May 9, 1934, by the Glacier Dairy, from Kalispell, Mont., 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: " W. E. Turner & Co. Seattle, W."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a product 
containing less than 80 percent by weight of butterfat had been substituted 
for butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent of butterfat 
as provided by the act of March 4, 1923.
On May 25, 1934, the Glacier Dairy, Kalispell, Mont., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and costs of the proceedings having been paid, 
judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by 
the court that the product be released to the claimant upon the execution of a 
bond in the sum of $400, conditioned that it would not be sold or otherwise 
disposed of in violation of the Food and Drugs Act and all other laws.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.