2661. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 5 Cases of Butter (and 5 other seizures 
of butter). Default decrees of condemnation. Portion of product ordered 
sold for use in soap making; remainder ordered destroyed. (E. D. C. Nos. 
5319, 5368, 5402, 5403, 5706,- 5710. Sample Nos. 35518-E, 35519-E, 47878-E, 
48178-E, 49297-E, 51552-E, 79839-E, 79840-E.)
Between July 24 and August 14, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Southern and -the Northern Districts of Alabama, District of Massachusetts, 
Southern District of Florida, Southern District of Ohio, and the Eastern Dis- 
trict of Michigan filed libels against the following amounts of butter: 5 32- 
pound cases at Mobile, and 15 32-pound cases at Birmingham, Ala.; 3 32-pound 
boxes at Lawrence, Mass.; 34 32-pound cases at Jacksonville, Fla.; 53 32-pound 
boxes at Cincinnati, Ohio; and 120 32-pound cases at Detroit, Mich., alleging that 
the article had been shipped within the period from on or about June 23 to on 
or about August 5, 1941, by Swift & Co. from Fort Worth, Tex., Nashville, Tenn., 
Columbus, Nebr., Lexington, Ky., and Chicago, Ill.; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of filthy, putrid, or decom- 
posed substances. The article was labeled in part: "Cresta Creamery Butter," 
"Gold Crest Creamery Butter," "Swift's Brookfield Butter," or "Glenwood 
Creamery Butter."
On September 29, 1941, no claimant having appeared for the portion of the
product seized at Detroit, Mien., judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered sold on condition that it be converted into soap or used 
for other nonfood purposes, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Admin- 
istration. Between August 19 and October 10, 1941, no claimant having appeared 
for the remaining lots, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product 
was ordered destroyed.