24969. Adulteration of cream.    U. S. v. Five 5-Gallon Cans of Cream.    Consent
decree of destruction.    (F. & D. no. 35644.    Sample no. 23700-B.)
This case involved shipments of cream which was filthy or decomposed or 
both filthy and decomposed.
On May 23, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of five 5-gallon cans 
of cream at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce on or about May 20, 1935, in various shipments by: Boyd 
Swiger, Salem, W. Va.; A L. Stalnaker, Jane Lew, W. Va.; Mrs. Virginia 
Layman, Grafton, W. Va.; J. A. Mauller, Bridgeport, W. Va.; and Beryl Sigley, 
Tunnelton, W. Va., 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, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On May 23, 1935, the consignee of the product, the Blue Valley Creamery 
Co., having requested its destruction, judgment was entered ordering that it 
be destroyed immediately.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.