1416. Adulteration of butter.    TT.  S. v.  2  Cases  of Butter.    Default decree  of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C. No. 3403.    Sample No. 20928-E.)
This production addition'to ^oatafhlhg~mold, was also deficient in milk fat.
On or about October 30, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Florida filed a libel against 2 boxes of butter at Chipley, Fla., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
October 16, 1940, by Jefferson Creamery, Inc. from Americus, Ga.; and charging 
that it was adulterated. It was labeled in part: "Mayo's Best Butter Made by 
West Florida Creamery & Produce Co., Chipley, Florida."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained excessive mold 
and had been prepared from a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. It was 
alleged to be adulterated further in that a substance containing less than 80 
percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted therefor.
On December 23, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
Nos. 1417 to 1432 report the institution and conclusion of criminal pro- 
ceedings based on shipments of butter which contained less than 80 percent by 
weight of milk fat. (The act of Congress defining butter and providing a 
standard therefor, which is made applicable to the provisions of this act, re- 
quires that butter shall contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat.)