27494. Adulteration of   cream.     U.   S.  v.  Four  10-Gallon   Gans,  Two   8-Gallon
Cans, and Eight 5-Gallon Cans of Cream.    Consent decree of condemna- 
tion and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 40324.    Sample no. 48026-C.)
This product was found to be decomposed or filthy, or both.
On July 9, 1937, 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 14 cans of cream at Denver, 
Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about July 7, 1937, in various shipments by Floyd Hogue, Alliance, Nebr.; 
O. B. Benson, Woodruff, Kans.; Lon Romine, Palisade, Nebr.; Mrs. Charles 
Davidson, Custer, S. Dak.; Lloyd Wilbourn, Callaway, Nebr,; Clarence Hoff- 
man, Modoc, Kans.; Charles C. Callam, Dodge City, Kans.; R. B. Renker, 
Clayton, N. Mex.; Mrs. Andrew Scheer, Garden City, Kans.; John William 
Soodsma, Prairie View, Kans.; Leo Hahn, Jennings, Kans.; Mrs. Mary Acree, 
Sharon Springs, Kans.; and Cooperative Marketing Association, Wheatland, 
Wyo., 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 July 9, 1937, the consignee having admitted the allegations of the libel 
and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering 
that the product be destroyed.
M. L, WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.