2336. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 18 Boxes, 16 Boxes, 14 Boxes, 16 Boxes,
and 15 Boxes of Butter. Consent decrees of condemnation. Portions 
of product ordered released under bond to be reworked; remainder 
ordered destroyed.     (F. D. C. No. 5722.    Sample No. 62331-E.)
A portion of this product contained mold; and the remainder was deficient 
in milk fat.
On August 19, 1941, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 79 boxes, each containing 62 pounds, of butter at 
Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about July 31, 
1941, by Blue River Creamery Co. from Hastings, Nebr.; and charging that it 
was adulterated.
A portion of the article (64 boxes) was alleged to be adulterated in that a 
valuable constituent, milk fat, had been in whole or in part omitted or ab- 
stracted therefrom; and in that a product containing less than 80 percent by 
weight of milk fat had been substituted wholly or in part for butter. The 
remainder (15 boxes) was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
On September 22, 1941, Blue River Creamery Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered with respect 
to the 64 boxes of the product that was deficient in milk fat, and that portion 
was ordered released under bond to be reworked under the supervision of the 
Food and Drug Administration. On October 16, 1941, judgment of condemnation 
was entered with respect to the portion of the product contained in the 15 
boxes and it was ordered destroyed.