1090. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 2,205 Pounds of Butter.    Consent decree
of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond for melting and 
incorporating into buttermilk for animal feed, but not for human 
consumption.    (F. D. C. No. 2581.   Sample No. 27051-E.)
On August 8, 1940, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio filed a libel against 2,205 pounds of butter at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 6, 1940, 
from Springfield, Mo., by the Merchants Creamery Co.; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decom- 
posed substance.
On September 9,1940, the Merchants Creamery Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product 
was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be melted and incorporated 
with buttermilk and disposed of for animal feed.