30737. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 51 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond to be reworked.
(F. & D. No. 45226.    Sample No. 54151-D.)
This product contained less than 8'0 percent of milk fat.
On March 27, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 51 tubs of butter at
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about August 26, 1938, by Dairy Belt Cheese & Butter Co. from Spencer, 
Wis.; 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 milk fat, as provided 
by act of March 4, 1923.
On April 25, 1939, Beatrice Creamery Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond conditioned that it be reworked to the legal standard.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.