5327. Adulteration of butter.    U.  S. v. 23  Cubes and 18 Cubes!  (totaling 2,706
.pounds) of Butter. Decrees of condemnation. Product ordered released 
under bond for reworking. (F. t>. C. Nos. 10091, 10147. Sample Nos. 
7801-F, 7893-F.)
On: May 24, and June 1, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of 
Massachusetts filed libels against 41 cubes, each weighing 66 pounds, of butter 
at Somerville, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about May 18 and 26, 1943, by the Albion French Lake Cream- 
ery Association from Annandale, Minn.; 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. The article was labeled in part: "Pipestone Produce Co. 
Somerville, Mass.   *   *   *   Butter."
On June 4 and 21, 1943, the Pipestone Produce Co. of Somerville, Mass., hav- 
ing appeared as claimant and having admitted the allegations Of the libel, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered released 
under bond for reworking under the supervision of the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration.