23780. Adulteration of cream. U. S. v. Four 10-Gallon Cans of Cream. 
Consent decree of destruction. (F. & D. no. 34913. Sample no. 
23403-B.)
On November 15,1934, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four 10-gallon cans of cream 
at Omaha, Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about November 10 and 11, 1934, in various shipments by Metz 
Packing Co., from Jewell City, Kans.; Producers Sales Exchange, from Shen- 
andoah, Iowa; Griffin Elevator, Ridgeway, Mo.; and Cameron Co-operative Ele- 
vator Association from Cameron, Mo.; 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 15, 1934, Jerpe Commission Company, Omaha, Nebr., having 
admitted the material allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry 
of a decree, judgment was entered ordering that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.