30554. Adulteration of butter.     TT.  S.  v.  15  Cubes  of Butter.     Decree  of  con¬
demnation.     Product   released  under  bond  to  be  reworked.     (F.  &  D.
No. 45339.    Sample Nos. 43320-D, 56141-D.)
A portion of this product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On April 29, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 cubes of butter 
at Oakland, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about April 21, 1939, by Bandon Cheese & Produce Co. and by 
Safeway Stores from Bandon, Oreg.; 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.
On May 19, 1939, the Lucerne Cream & Butter Co., Oakland, Calif., having 
appeared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered, and the product 
was ordered released under bond conditioned that such cubes as were low in 
milk fat be brought up to the legal standard.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.