21969. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 2 Barrels of Butter.    Default  de¬
cree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and  destruction.    (F.   & D.  no.
31897. Sample no. 51824-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained rodent and human 
hairs, larvae, mold, and other extraneous matter.
On January 11, 1934, 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 2 barrels of butter at
New York, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about December 28, 1933, by the Western Produce Co., Inc., from 
Abilene, Tex., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On February 10, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment 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.