22450. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 17 Cartons and 3 Cartons of Butter.
Default decree of forfeiture and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 32617. 
Sample nos. 68636-A, 68637-A.)
This case involved interstate shipments of butter that contained filth.
On February 26, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 20 cartons ofi butter 
at National Stock Yards, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce by Swift & Co., in part from Springfield, Mo., January 9, 
1934, and in part from Sedalia, Mo., January 17, 1934, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it was a 
filthy product unfit for consumption as food.
On March 30, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of forfeiture was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. Li. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.