23067. Adulteration of  butter.     V.   S.  T. 1   Can  and   1   Tub   of  Butter.     De¬
fault  decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33194. 
Sample no. 4707-B.)
A sample of butter taken from the shipment involved in this case was found 
to contain rodent hairs, human hairs, parts of insects, a maggot, mold, paper, 
and nondescript debris.
On July 17, 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 one can and one tub of butter at 
Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about July 17, 1934, by Yost Bros., from Barrackville, W. Va., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was 
labeled in part: " Yost Bros.    *    *    *    From Barrackville, 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 September 7, 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.