2659. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U.  S. v. 8 Cases,  21  Cases, 19
Cases, and 17 Pounds of Butter. Consent decrees of condemnation and. 
destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 5091, -5092, 5097. Sample Nos. 42196-E, 42197-E, 
64040-E.)
This product was short of the declared weight, in addition to containing mold.
On June 18 and 19, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of New York filed libels against 48 30-pound cases and 17 separate pounds of 
butter at Buffalo, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about June 5, 1941, by Paul A. Schulze Co. from St. Louis, Mo.; 
and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in part: 
(Wrapper on prints) "Net Weight 1 Lb. Peerless Brand Roll Butter Distributed 
by Hickman, Coward & Wattles, Inc. Buffalo," N. Y." or "1 Pound Net Weight 
Jersey Brand Creamery Butter:—Distributed by I. V. Horn Co. - * * * Buffalo, 
N. Y."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy or decomposed substance.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the prints did not contain "Net Weight 
ILb." as labeled
On November 27, 1941, Paul A. Schulze Co., claimant, having consented to the
entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was 
ordered destroyed.