23543. Adulteration of cream.    TT. S. v. Eight 5-Gallon Cans and Three 10-
Gallon Cans of Cream.    Decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34775, 
Sample no. 23416-B)
On December 4, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 11 cans of cream at 
Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about December 24 and 25, 1934, in various shipments by Mrs. 
Grover Piatt, Schrayer, Kans.; Oscar Fink, Atoka, Okla.; Crossett Merc. Co., 
Crossett, Ark.; Jessie Tomlinson, Atoka, Okla.; B. C. Grimes, Kiowa, Okla.; 
M. S. Segers, Sulphur Springs, Tex.; American Butter Co., Vinita, Okla.; T. D. 
Pearce, Bokchito, Okla.; W. T. Clark, Tioga, Okla.; and Varah Griffith, Mount 
Vernon, Tex.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was moldy, rancid, putrid, 
filthy, and decomposed.
On December 5, 1934, the product being spoiled and unfit for human con- 
sumption, and the consignee, the American Butter Co., Kansas City, Mo., 
having consented to its destruction, judgment was entered ordering that it be 
destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.