22239. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 3 Boxes of Butter. Default decree 
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 32355. 
Sample no. 66121-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which was found to contain mold, 
fragments of feathers, larva, excreta, and insect eggs.
On January 19, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of three boxes of butter 
at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about January 10, 1934, by David Wallerstein & Co., from Rich- 
mond, Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. 
The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "From David Wallerstein & Co., 
*    *    *    Richmond, Va."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On February 10, 1984, 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.