27594. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v.  8 Cases of Butter.     Default decree  of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 39216.    Sample No. 22591-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On January 27, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of eight cases of butter 
at Danville, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about January 18,1937, by the Piedmont Creamery Co. from States- 
ville, N. C, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
A portion of the article was labeled: (Carton) "Faultless Kind * * * Dan- 
ville Dairy Products Co., Danville, Va." The remainder was labeled: (Case) 
"Danville Dairy Prod. Danville, Va."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less than 80 
percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, which should 
contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On February 23, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered ordering that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.