22128. Adn.lterntton of butte1•. U. S. , .. 47 Tubs of Dntte1•. Defnnlt clN!ree
of condemnation. (F. & D. no. 31833. Sample nos. 54478-A, 54479-A.)
A sample of hntter tal{en from the product involYccl in this cf!se was foun(l to
contain mold, ants, a maggot, rodent nn<l other hnil"s, a cockroach, spgrnents of
the bodies of flies ancl roncbes, metallic fl.Hugs, and other foreign substances.
On January 10, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia,
acting upon a r~port b~· the Secretary of Agri--:-ulture, filccl in the Supreme Com·t
of the District of Columbia, hol<.ling: a district court, a libel prnsing seizure
anrl condemuntion of 47 tulJs of butter at Washington. D.C., alleging thnt the
article wa~ in possession of the Terminal Refrigerating & Warehousing Corporation,
Was.bingto\1; D.C. ($tored for ~1. Holzheiet'lein, Wasbiugton, D.C.), und
wns being offercd for sale in the District of Columbia, and clrnrging adultc-ration
in violation of the Foocl ancl Drugs Act.