27874. Adulteration of butter.     XT.  S.  v.  200 Tubs and 300 Cartons of Butter.
Consent decree of condemnation.   Product released under bond.    (F. & D.
Nos. 40186, 40235.   Sample Nos. 34070-C, 34071-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On or about August 11, 1937, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 200 tubs and 300 
cartons of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce in part on or about July 22, and in part on or about July 
24, 1937, by Spring Valley Butter, Co. from Kansas City, Mo., 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 of milk fat.
On September 10, 1937, the cases having been consolidated, L. D. Schreiber & 
Co., Inc., Chicago, Ill., claimant having admitted the allegations of the libels and 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered, 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be brought 
up to the legal standard under the supervision of this Department.
HARRY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.