25499. Adulteration of butter.     U.   S. v.  1  Tub  of  Butter.     Default decree  of
condemnation and destruction;    (F. & D. no. 36759.    Sample no. 39882-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain portions of insects, rodent hair, mold, and nondescript dirt.
On October 14, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one tub of butter at Balti- 
more, Md., consigned by Philip Starkey, alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about October 10, 1935, from Mannington, 
W. Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "From Philip Starkey, Mannington, 
W. Va."
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 November 21, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.