30312. Adulteration of butter.    IT. S. v.  25 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.    (F. & D.
No. 44896.    Sample No. 54131-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On February 6, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 25 tubs of butter 
at Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about January 30, 1939, by Renwick Community Creamery from 
Renwick, Iowa; 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 of milk fat, as provided 
by act of March 4, 1923.
On February 21, 1939, A. D. Gimer, trading as Renwick Community Creamery 
Co., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond con- 
ditioned that it be reworked to the legal standard.
HABET L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.