27648. Adulteration of cream.     U.  S. v. One 10-Gallon and One 5-Gallon Can
of Cream (and 7 other seizure actions). Consent decrees of condemna- 
tion and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 40395 to 40402, Incl. Sample Nos. 
39778-C to 39781-C, incl, 39783-C, 39785-C, 39786-C, 89789-C.)
This product was found to be decomposed or filthy, or both.
On August 4 and 10, 1937, the United States attorney for the District of Utah, 
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of five 10-gallon cans and eight 5-gallon 
cans of cream at Salt Lake City, Utah, alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about July 31, August 1, 2, and 3, 1937, in various 
shipments by W. A. Crist, Richfield, Idaho; C. E. Reeder, Lima, Mont.; Oliver 
Sprague, Overton, Nev.; Arch Jones, Darlington, Idaho; Letha Proper, Placer- 
ville, Colo.; B. F. Mathews, Blaine, Idaho; South Bros. Dairy, Malad, Idaho; 
H. D. Johnson, Gooding, Idaho; S. E. Gregg, Burley, Idaho; A. J. Sharp, Caliente, 
Nev.; Louis Smith, Robertson, Wyo.; Claude Waters, Squirrel via Drummond, 
Idaho; and Archie Miller, Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was filthy, yeasty, moldy, 
cheesy, putrid, rancid, and decomposed.
On August 4 and 10, 1937, the consignees having admitted the allegations of 
the libels and consented to the entry of decrees, judgments were entered ordering 
that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.