23321. Adulteration of butter.    IT. S. v. 1 Barrel of Butter.    Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 33608. Sample no. 
4884-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained parts of insects, 
animal hairs, mold, and other filth.
On September 22, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1 barrel of butter at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
on or about September 20, 1934, by Smythe's Store, from Sparta, N. C, and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On November 3, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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