21874. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 1 Carton, et al., of Butter.    Default
decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. & D. nos. 
31724 to 31728 incl.    Sample nos. 51790-A to 51794-A incl.)
This case involved various interstate shipments of butter that was found to 
contain mold, rodent, cow, and human hairs, fragments of feathers, insects and 
parts of their bodies, wood splinters, and other extraneous matter.
On December 18, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of certain lots of butter 
at New York, N.Y., charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. It was alleged in the libel that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce as follows: 1 carton, on or about December 2r 1933, from Ronceverte, 
W.Va., by C. J. Casdorph & Son; 1 tub, on or about December 2, 1933, from 
Shelby, N.C., by L. D. Jackson; 9 barrels, on or about December 4, 1933, from 
North "Wilkesboro, N.C., by E. E. Eller Produce Co.; 9 barrels, on or about 
December 4, 1933, from North "Wilkesboro, N.C., by S. V. Tomlinson; and 1 keg, 
on or about December 4, 1933, from Ohristiansburg, Va., by Harkrader 
Produce Co.
The libel charged that the article was adulterated in that it consisted wholly 
or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On January 19, 1934, 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.
M. L. "WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.