4765. Adulteration of butter.    U.'S. v. 3 Cubes and 17 Cubes  (1,260 pounds) of
Butter.   Decrees of condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond 
for reworking.    (F. D. C. Nos, 8929, 8946.    Sample Nos. 10783-F, 10808-F.)
On November 7 and 16, 1942, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Calif ornia filed libels against a total of 20 63-p, and cubes of butter 
at San Francisco, Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about October 16 and 28, 1942, by the Land Osaka 
Creameries, Inc., from Chicago, Ill.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been 
substituted for butter. It was labeled in part: "Distributed by the Kroger 
Grocery & Baking Co."
On November 19,1942, B. J. Holmes, doing business as B. J. Holmes Sales Co., 
having appeared as claimant, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond for reworking under the supervision 
of the Food and Drug Administration.