233*6. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 90 Cartons of Butter. Default de- 
cree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 33579. Sample 
no.  14894-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain filth.
On September 13, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 90 cartons of 
butter at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about September 4, 1934, by the Merchants Creamery 
Co., Inc., from Cincinnati, Ohio, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Tissue wrapper) 
" Great Lakes Brand Creamery Butter Great Lakes Creameries."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, putrid, and decomposed animal substance.
On November 3, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.