21966. Adulteration of  butter.    TJ.   S.  v.   1  Barrel  of  Butter.    Default   de¬
cree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture, and  destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.
31894.    Sample nos. 37887-A, 54370-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained mold, flies, and other 
filth.
On January 9, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1 barrel of butter at Bal- 
timore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about December 16, 1933, by the Harkrader Produce Co., from Chris- 
tiansburg, "Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: " From Harkrader Produce Co. * * * 
Christiansburg, Virginia."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On February 17, 1934, 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.