16744. Misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Fifteen 32-Ponnd Cases of Butter. 
Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 23950.    I. S. No. 08747.    S. No. 2091.)
On or about July 11, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern Dis- 
trict of Florida, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, ifiled in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure 
and condemnation of fifteen 32-pound cases of butter, remaining in the original 
packages at Jacksonville, Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
the Dublin Creamery, from Dublin, Ga., July 8, (1929), and transported from 
the fc'tate of Georgia into the State of Florida, and charging misbranding iii 
violation of the food and drugs act as amended. The wrappers inclosing the 
article were labeled in part: "1 Lb. Net Weight Cloverbloom Pasteurized 
Creamery Butter * * * Armour Creameries, General Offices, Chicago, 
Distributors."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was misbranded in that the state- 
ment on the labels, " One Pound," was false and misleading and tended to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the packages did not contain 1 pound 
ofbutter. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was 
in package form and did not bear a statement of the quantity of the contents 
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, since the 
packages were short weight.
On July 24, 1929, Armour & Co., Chicago, Ill., having appeared as claimant 
for the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of costs and 
the execution of a bond in the suto of $400, conditioned in part that it be 
reworked so that the packages contain 16 ounces net weight of butter.
AETHUK M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.