23707. Adulteration of  cream.    U.  S. v.  Four  5-Gallon  Cans  and  Two  10-
Gallon  Cans  of  Cream.     Consent  decree  of  destruction.     (F.  & D.
no. 34606.    Sample no. 18841-B.)
On December 7, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 6 cans (40 gallons) of 
cream at Columbus, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about December 2 and 4, 1934, in various lots by Aus- 
tralia Smith, Prichard, W. Va.; Elmer W. Davis, Hurricane, W. Va.; W. D. 
Hartley, Red House, W. Va.; Virgil Crago, Raymond City, W. Va.; Mrs. G. B. 
Moreland, Sharpsburg, Ky.; M. G. acquit, Mount Sterling, Ky., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, putrid, moldy, and decomposed animal substance.
On December 7, 1934, the consignee, the Fairmont Creamery Co., Columbus, 
Ohio, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering 
that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.