22134. Adulteration of butter.    TJ.  S. v.  13  Cartons and 27 Prints  of But¬
ter.     Default decree of condemnation.     (F.  & D. no.  31882.     Sample 
no. 54554-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which was found to contain mold, 
rodent hairs, fragments of feathers, pieces of flies, and other filth.
On January 24, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Supreme 
Court of the District of Columbia, holding a district court, a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 13 cartons each containing thirty-two 1-pound 
prints and twenty-seven 1-pound prints of butter, at Washington, D.C., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about January 
18, 1934, by F. M. Stamper Co., from Moberly, Mo., 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 and decomposed animal substance.
On March 22, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product 
be disposed of by the United States marshal in such manner as would not 
violate the provisions of the Federal Food and Drugs Act.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.