22249. Adulteration of   butter.     TT.   S.   v.   20   Barrels   of   Butter.     Default
decree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.      (F.   &   D.
no. 32379.    Sample no. 61947-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which contained ants, parts of 
insects, human hairs, mold, and other extraneous matter.
On February 14, 1934, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 20 barrels of butter 
at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about December 1, 1933, by the Lexington Creamery, from 
Lexington, Miss., 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 consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On April 5, 1934, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
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.