|,3:K29S. Adulteration and Misbranding of batter. TJ. S. v. 13 Tabs of Butter. 
Decree of condemnation and foi-feitnre entered. Product re- 
leased under bond.     (F. & D. No. 22008.     I. S. No. 20007-x      S. No. 22.)
\ On July 14, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
pbistrict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and
widemnation of 13 tubs of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages
fkt, Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the  Monticello Creamery,  Culpepper,  Va.,
alleging that the article had *been shipped "tiroxto GUlpepper, Va., on or about 
July 13, 1927, and transported* from tbe State of Virginia into the State of 
Pennsylvania, and' charging "adulteration- and misbranding in violation ot the 
food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel' that the article was adulterated, for the reason 
that a substance containing less than 80 per cent of butterfat had been mixed 
and packed therewith so as to reduce* lower, and injuriously affeot its quality 
and strength, and had been substituted wholly or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation of 
or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article
On July 27, 1927, the Monticello Dairy Co., having appeared as claimant for 
the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it 
was ordered by the court that tbe product be released to the said claimant upon 
payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the 
sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that it not be sold or otherwise disposed of 
contrary to law, and that it be reconditioned under the supervision of this 
department.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.