23332. Adulteration of butter.    U.  S. v. 2 Cans of Butter.     Default decree
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 33671. Sample no. 
4885-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain parts of insects, animal hairs, maggots, paper, mold, and other filth.
On September 24, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of two cans of butter at Balti- 
more, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
on or about September 20, 1934, by J. E. Smith, from King, N. C, and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: " J. E. Smith, King, N. C."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On November 3, 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.