26291. Adulteration of cream.     TJ. S. v. Four 5-Gallon Cans and One 10-Gallon
Can   of   Cream.    Consent  decree   of  destruction.    (F.   &  D.   no.   37883.
Sample no. 73832-B.)
This case involved cream that was decomposed.
On June 30, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four 5-gallon cans and one 10- 
gallon can of cream at Trinidad, Colo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in Interstate commerce on or about June 26, 1936, by John H. Parker, 
from Orwell, Tex; John Powers, from Pedernal, N. Mex.; W. E. Christie 
'(P. O. Hedley, Tex.) from Clarendon, Tex.; B. B. Christie (P. O., Hedley. 
Tex.* from Clarendon, Tex;; C. O. Jones, from Clayton, N. Mex., and charging 
adttlxeratlon In violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was rancid, cheesy, and 
decomposed.
On or about July 8, 1936, the Trinidad Creamery Co., of Trinidad, Colo., 
having filed a statement confessing the allegations of the libel and having con- 
sented to the entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering that the product 
be destroyed. 
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.