22042. Adulteration of butter.     17. S. v. 1 Barrel of Butter.      Default decree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & £>. no. 31900. 
Sample no. 54608-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained maggots, mold, straw, 
and other extraneous matter. Examination also showed that the article was 
deficient in milk fat.
"On January 9, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1 barrel, containing approximately 
154 pounds of butter, at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 21, 1933, by the Barrett 
Produce Co., from Dalton, Ga., and charging adulteration in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "From Barrett 
Produce Co., Dalton, Ga."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a product 
containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for 
butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat as 
provided by the act of March 4,1923. Adulteration was alleged for the further 
reason that the article consisted 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.