27647. Adulteration of cream.    IT. S. v. One 6-Gallon Can and Three 10-Gallon
Cans, et al., of Cream. Consent decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion. (F. & D. Nos. 40356, 40357, 40370. Sample Nos. 46644-C to 46646-C, 
incl.)
This product was found to be in various stages of decomposition.
On September 16 and September 20, 1937, the United States attorney for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 18 
cans of cream at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that it had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 14, 15, and 16, 1937, in various shipments by 
Clarence Duvill, Gaithersburg, Md.; J. F. Fisher & Son, Barnesville, Md.; G. P. 
Moreland, Paw Paw, W. Va.; I. G. Ellyson, Weston, W. Va.; Roy Rose, Claring- 
ton, Ohio; B. M. Furr, Marshall, Va.; M. K. Bowers, Charles Town, W. Va.; 
Walter Johnson, Strasburg, Va.; Roy H. Baker, Frederick, Md.; L. R. Mason, 
Brunswick, Md.; W. L. Paylor, Hancock, W. Va.; and N. E. Klipstein, Culpeper, 
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 September 16 and 20, 1937, the consignee having consented to the entry 
of decrees, judgments were entered ordering that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.