30330. Adulteration of butter.    IT. S. v. 17 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be reworked.    (F. & D.
No. 45096.    Sample No. 54141-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On February 17, 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 17 tubs of butter 
at Chicago, III.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about January 30, 1939, by Bridgewater Creamery Co. from Bridge- 
water, S. 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 of milk fat, as provided 
by act of March 4, 1923.
On February 21, 1939, Hansen & Matson Co., Chicago, Ill., 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 re- 
worked to comply with the law.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.