28647. Adulteration of cream.    U. S. v. 11 Cans of Cream.    Consent decree of
destruction.    (F. & D. No. 40142.   Sample No. 42941-C.)
This product was found to be in various stages of decomposition.
On August 6, 1937, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 2 5-gallon cans and 
9 10-gallon cans of cream at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce in various lots on or about August 5, 1937, from 
Strasburg, Va., by Walter Johnson; from Winchester, Va., by E. J. Snapp; 
from Petersburg, W, Va., by D. C. Hinkle; from Culpeper, Va., by W. E. Klip- 
stein; from Fairmont, W. Va., by B. F. Tucker; and from Weston, W. Va., by 
Grant Lowther, 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, putrid, or decomposed animal substance.
On August 6, 1937, the consignee having consented to the entry of a decree, 
the product was ordered destroyed immediately.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.