26641. Adulteration of butter.     IT. S. v. 53 Tubs of Butter.     Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.    (F. & D.
no. 38572.    Sample no. 9504-C.)
This case involved butter that was deficient in milk fat.
On November 13, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 53 tubs of butter 
at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 4, 1936, by Steensland Produce Co., from Beres- 
ford, S. 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 product 
which should contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, as provided 
by the act of March 4, 1923.
On November 17, 1936, Steensland Produce Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
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 
at least 80 percent of milk fat.
M. L. WELSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.