6414. Adulteration of powdered inilfe. U. S. *
 * * v. 2 Barrels, 2 Barrels,?
and 6 Barrels * * * of Powdered Milk. Default decrees of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (P. & D. No. 8544. I. S. No.?
8234-*).    g.  No.  C-750.)
On November 2, 1917, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report "by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district libels praying the seizure?
and condemnation of 2 barrels, 2 barrels, and 6 barrels of powdered milk, at?
Chicago, 111., alleging that two of the barrels had been shipped by H. Btoch,?
Helena, Ark., on August 2, 1917, that the other 2 barrels had been shipped by the?
Furnace Ice Cream Co., Terre Haute, Ind., on August 13, 1917, and that the 6?
barrels had been shipped by the Woodhull Ice Cream Co., Hammond, Ind., on?
September 7, 1917, and transported from the States of Arkansas and Indiana?
into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article in each shipment was alleged in the libels for the?
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub??
stance.
On May 29, 1919 and June 4, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the prop??
erty, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product in each case should be destroyed ? by '.the?
United States marshal.
C. Fu Ma.EViH', Acting Secretary of Agriculturm
N. J. 6401-6450.]   SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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