1076. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    V. S. v. 13 Cartons of Butter.
Consent decree of condemnation. Product released under bond to be 
reworked.    (F. D. C. No. 3281.   Sample No. 34174-E.)
, On October 15, 1940,: the United States attorney ^oy^-th^. District of New 
Jersey filed a libel against 13 cartons of butter at Jersey City, N. J., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 
24, 1940, by Lewisville Farmers Creamery Association from Lewisville, Minn.; 
and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in part: 
"Sunnyfield A & P Butter The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter. It was 
alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, "Butter," was 
false and misleading since it was not correct.
On November 29, 1940, the Lewisville Farmers Creamery Association, claim- 
ant, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered, and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that 
it be reworked so that it contain at least 80 percent by weight of milk fat.