21953. Adulteration of  butter.    U.   S.  v.   42  Tubs   of  Butter.     Consent   de¬
cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. no.  31838.    Sample nos. 54481-A,  54482-A.)
This case involved quantities of butter that contained mold and other foreign 
matter.
On or about January 13, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of 
Columbia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, a libel pray- 
ing seizure and condemnation of 42 tubs of butter, alleging that the article was 
being offered for sale and sold in the District of Columbia, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
wholly or in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On February 13, 1934, the Fairmont Creamery Co., having filed a claim as 
owner of the property and having admitted the allegations of the libel and 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the 
claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of 
$400, conditioned that it should not be sold or otherwise disposed of in violation 
of the Federal Food and Drugs Act and all other laws.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.