26631. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 400 Boxes of Butter.    Decree of con¬
demnation.     Product   ordered   released   under   bond   to   be   reworked.
(F. & D. no. 3S503.    Sample no. 11655-C.)
This case involved butter that was deficient in milk fat.
On October 23, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 400 boxes of butter 
at Springfield. Mass., consigned about October 10, 1936, alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce by Mandan Creamery & Produce Co., 
from Mandan, N. Dak., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a prod- 
uct which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat, which the 
article purported to be.
On December 7, 1936, the Mandan Creamery & Produce Co. having appeared 
as claimant and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be released 
under bond conditioned that it be reworked so that it contain not less than 
80 percent of milk fat.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.