30670. Misbranding of butter.     U. S. v. 460 Pounds and 210 Pounds of Butter.
Default decrees of condemnation.    Product released under bond.    (F. &
D. Nos. 45499, 45500.   Sample Nos. 41292-D, 41293-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On May 24, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Wyoming, 
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 670 pounds of butter at Cheyenne, 
Wyo.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about May 10, 1939, from Gering, Nebr., in part in the name of the North Platte 
Valley Non-Stock Co-Operative Cheese Co., and in part in the name of the 
North Platte Valley Non-Stock Co-Operative Association; and charging mis- 
branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Both lots of the article 
were labeled in part: "Beauty Girl Quality Butter. * * * North Platte 
Valley Non-Stock Co-Operative Cheese Co. Gering Nebr."
It was alleged to be misbranded 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 June 6, 1939, the shipper having appeared as claimant and having con- 
sented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered, and 
the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it should not be 
disposed of until brought into compliance with the law under the supervision 
of this Department.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.