371. Adulteration of butter. V. S. v. 36 Tubs and 73 Tubs of Butter. Consent 
decrees of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond to be 
reworked.    (F. D. C. Nos. 1400, 1497.    Sample Nos. 55173-D, 55175-D.)
On January 10 and 24, 1940, the United States attorney for the Northern 
District of Illinois filed libels against 109 tubs of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 
7 and 12, 1939, by the O. G. Harp Poultry & Egg Co. from Shawnee, Okla.; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that a product which contained less than 
80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On February 1 and 7, 1940, Peter Fox Sons Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered, 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be 
reworked so that it conform to the requirements of the law.