385. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v. 11 Tubs  of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.     Product  ordered released  under  bond to  be  reworked.
(F. D. C. No. 1501.   Sample No. 85869-D.)
On February 9, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York filed a libel against 11 tubs of butter at New York, N. Y., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February
3, 1940, by Bassett Cooperative Creamery, Bassett, Nebr., in pool shipment by 
United Creameries Service, Omaha, Nebr.; and charging that it was adulter- 
ated in that a product which contained less than 80 percent by weight of 
milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On February 20, 1940, Bassett Cooperative Creamery, Bassett, Nebr., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered, and it was ordered that the product be released under bond conditioned 
that it be reworked so that it contain at least 80 percent of butterf at.
Nos. 386 to 389 report prosecutions based on shipments of butter which 
contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat.