1253. Adulteration of butter.    U.  S. v. 310 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation. Butter released under bond to be converted into refined 
butter oil.     (F. D. C. No. 2663.    Sample No. 30537-B.)
This product contained mold in addition to being deficient in milk fat.
On or about August 2,1940, the United States attorney for the Northern District 
of Illinois filed a libel against 310 tubs of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 8, 1940, by the 
St. Louis Refrigerating & Cold Storage Co., from St. Louis, Mo.; and charging 
that itjwas adulterated. It was labeled in part: "Butter Distributed by Beatrice 
Creamery Co:, Chicago."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; and in that a product containing 
less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On January 31, 1941, the Beatrice Creamery Co., of St. Louis, Mo., 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 
converted into refined butter oil.
Nos. 1254 to 1257, inclusive, report the seizure and disposition of butter 
that Contained mold.