20117. Adulteration of butter.    U.S. v. 10 Cases, et al., of Butter.    Default
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D
No. 28687.    Sample Nos. 663-A, 664-A, 665-A.)
This case involved a quantity of butter, samples of which were found to be 
rancid and spoiled.
On July 8, 1932, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 50 cases of butter, remaining in the original unbroken packages at San Jose, 
Calif., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or 
about July 4,1932, by Snider Dairy & Produce Co., from Medford, Oreg., to San 
Jose, Calif., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Cases) "Snider Dairy & Produce Co 
*    *   *   Medford, Ore."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a putrid and decomposed substance.
On August 3, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.