22043. Adulteration of butter.      U. S. v. 2 Cans of Butter.     Default decree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F.  & D. no.  31901 
Sample no. 54609-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained rodent hair, mold, 
fiber and other extraneous matter.       l
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 two cans, containing approximately 
102 pounds of butter, at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about December 22, 1933, by L. L. Rogers, 
from Gainesville, Ga., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "From L. L. Rogers, 
P. O. Brookton, Ga., Shipp.. Point Gainesville, Ga."
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.