22924. Adulteration of butter.    tJ. S. v. 87 Tubs of Butter.    Consent decree
of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond; 
unfit portion denatured.     (F. & D. no. 83379.    Sample no. 70612-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain parts of insects, rodent, cow and human hairs, mold, and other filth,
On June 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 87 tubs of butter > 
at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about June 2, 1934, by the Beasley Produce Exchange, from 
Roanoke, Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On July 27, 1934, the Viking Butter Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was , 
ordered that the product be released to the claimant upon payment of costs 
and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that the unfit 
portion be denatured and disposed of as poultry feed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.