30121. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 245 Cubes of Butter.    Consent decree
of condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.    (F. &
D. No. 43829.    Sample Nos. 36340-D, 36341-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On August 20, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Massachu- 
setts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 245 cubes of butter at Spring- 
field, Mass., consigned on or about August 3, 1938; 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 which contained 
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 act of March 4,1923.
On September 30, 1938, Mandan Creamery & Produce Co., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be reworked 
so that it contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.