3244. Adulteration of butter.   V. S. v. 72 Cubes and 33 Cubes of Butter.    Consent
decree  of  condemnation.     Product  ordered   released  under  bond to  be 
reconditioned.     (F. D. C. No. 6967.    Sample No. 23884-E.)
On March 4, 1942, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California filed a libel against 105 cubes, each containing 68 pounds, of butter at 
San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about June 9, 1941, by Farmers Equity Co-op Creamery from 
Denver, Colo.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or was otherwise unfit for 
food.
On March 4, 1942, Swift & Co., claimant, having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond to be reconditioned. Subsequently the butter was disposed 
of for use in the manufacture of soap.