23619. Adulteration of cream. U. S. v. Three 5-Gallon Cans of Cream. Decree of destruction. (F. & D. no. 34935. Sample no. 23415-B.") On November 28, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of three cans of cream at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about November 23, 1934, in various shipments by T. J. John- son, Royce City, Tex.; J. A. Doom, Castle, Okla.; and J. M. Barnes, George West, 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 November 30, 1934, the product being spoiled and unfit for human con- sumption and the consignee, the Spring Valley 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.