26469. Adulteration of butter, V. S. v. 72 Boxes of Butter. Consent decree of 
condemnation. Product released under bond to be disposed of as 
poultry feed.    (F. & D. no. 88366.    Sample nos. 17027-C, 17028-C.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of butter the contents of which 
was contaminated with mold, rodent hairs, or other extraneous material
On September 22, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the" district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 72 boxes of 
butter at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about September 11, 1936, by the Lakota Creamery Co., 
from Lakota, N. Dak., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in part of a 
filthy animal substance.
On November 18, 1936, the Lakota Creamery Co. having appeared as claim- 
ant, consent decree of condemnation was entered. It was ordered that the 
product be released under bond, subject to reconditioning as a byproduct for 
poultry feed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.