770. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     U. S. v. 4 Cartons and 4 Cases
of Butter.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. O.
Nos. 2246, 2248.    Sample Nos. 2392-E, 2S42-E.)
On June 10 and 12,1940, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts filed libels against four cartons of butter at Boston, Mass., and four 
eases of butter at East Watertown, Mass., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 5 and 9, 1940, by the Lyndon- 
ville Creamery Association from Lyndonville, Vt.; and charging that it was 
adulterated and misbranded. It was labeled in part: "Speedwell Farms Choice 
Creamery Butter."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less 
than 80 percent of milk fat had been substituted for butter. It was alleged to 
be misbranded in that it was labeled "Butter," which was false and misleading 
as it contained less than 80 percent milk fat
On July 16, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.