22140. Adulteration of butter.     V. S. -r. 9 Cans of Butter.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     Product   ordered   sold   as   In- 
edible grease.     (F. & D. no. 31955.    Sample no. 54373-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which was found to contain rodent 
and human hairs, paper, parts of insects, mold, and other filth.
On or about January 29, 1934, the United States attorney for the District 
of Maryland, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of nine cans of butter 
at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article I ad been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about November 15, 1933, by S. Roberts Estate, from Milton 
W. Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: " From S. Roberts' Estate * * * Milton, 
W. Va."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On March 17, 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 sold by the United States marshal as inedible grease.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.