24252. Adulteration of butter.    IT. S. v. 21 Cases of Butter.    Default decree
of   condemnation   and   forfeiture.     (F.   &   D.   no.   34440.    Sample   no. 
4965-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to con- 
tain human hair, flies, and other insects, mold, a worm, and other filth.
On November 23,1934, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme Court 
of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 21 cases of butter at Washington, D. C, alleging that the article 
had been shipped by the Southern Maryland Creamery, from Waldorf, Md., on 
or about November 16, 1934, and had been transported from the State of Mary- 
land into the District of Columbia, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drug Act. The article was labeled in part: "Blue Ridge Brand 
Creamery Butter   *    *    *   Joseph Atkin Distributor   Washington, D. C."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy animal substance.
On December 17, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be disposed of by the 
marshal in such manner as would not violate the provisions of the Federal Food 
and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.