80748. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 35 Tubs, 31 Tubs, and 154 Tubs of Butter. 
Consent decree of condemnation.    Product released under bond.    (F. &
D. Nos. 45431, 45449, 45487.    Sample Nos. 54165-D, 54166-D, 54181-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On May 3, 8, and 22, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern Dis- 
trict of Illinois, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 220 tubs of butter at 
Chicago, Ill.; alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
within the period from on or about August 1 to August 27, 1938, by Farmers 
Union Creamery Co. from Aurora, Nebr.; 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 June 2, 1939, L. D. Schreiber & Co., Inc., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels and the cases having been consolidated, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released 
under bond conditioned that it be disposed of only in compliance with the law.
HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.