21887. Adulteration of butter.    TJ. S. v. 1 Tub of Butter.    Default decree of
condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   no.   32364. 
Sample no. 66124-A.)
A sample of butter taken from the shipment involved in this case was found 
to contain rodent hairs and part of an insect body.
On January 20, 1984, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one tub of butter, 
at New York, N.Y., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about 
January 12, 1984, by Charles Huston & Bro., from Three Springs, Pa., and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On February 10, 1984, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.