4564. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. 39 Cases of Butter.    Con¬
sent decree of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond to 
be rendered into butter oil.     (F. D. C. No. 8516.    Sample No. 5812-F.)
This product contained insect parts and was short of the declared weight. 
Samples from one churning were found to contain excessive mold and to be 
low in milk fat.   Two other churhings also were low in milk fat.      .     .
On August 24, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Illinois filed a libel against 39 32-pound cases of butter at the National Stock 
Yards, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about August 12,1942, by the Monroe City Creamery Co., from Monroe City, 
Mo.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: (Carton) "Swift's Brookfield Butter   One Pound Net."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy substance. A portion was alleged to be adulterated further in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, and 
this portion and other portions were alleged to be adulterated further in that a 
product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted 
for butter.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the labeling was false and misleading 
since the prints did not contain 1 pound net as labeled.
On September 23, 1942, the Monroe City Creamery Co., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
the product was ordered released under bond to be converted into refined 
butter oil under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.