23617. Adulteration of cream. U. S. v. Fourteen 5-Gallon Cans of Cream. Decree of destruction. (F. & D. no. 34931. Sample no. 27357-B.) On December 12, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of fourteen 5-gallon cans of cream at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about December 9, 1934, in various shipments by W. W. Griggs, from Humboldt, Tenn.; W. A. Thompson, from Humboldt, Tenn.; P. B. Barksdale, from Bells, Tenn.; Wilbur Jones, from Kossuth, Miss.; Mrs. R. L. Putt, from Blue Springs, Miss.; J. F. Rhodes, from Medina, Tenn.; Elvin Woodsmall, from Monette, Ark.; M. L. Jones, from Henderson, Tenn.; Walter Rushing, from Imboden, Ark.; L. S. Whitehurst, from Corinth, Miss.; Mrs. A. H. Phillips, from Magness, Ark.; Frank S. Curry, from Coulterville, 111.; Lee Stewart, from Henderson, Tenn.; and G. A. Boles, from Pangborn, Ark.; 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 13, 1934, the Blue Valley Creamery Co., St. Louis, Mo., claim- ant, having consented to the destruction of the product, judgment was entered ordering that it be destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.