22811. Adulteration of  butter.    TJ.   S. v.  1  Can  of Butter.    Default  decree
of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.    (F.  & D.  no. 32926. 
Sample no. 62360-A.)
A sample of butter taken from the shipment involved in this case was found 
to contain rodent hairs, human hairs, parts of feathers, mold, and other filth.
On June 14, 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 one can of butter at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on er 
about June 6, 1934, by F. S. Thurmond, from Cornelia, Ga., and charging adul- 
teration 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 August 1, 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.