22813. Adulteration of  butter.    TJ.   S.  v.   1  Barrel   of  Butter.    Default  de¬
cree   of   condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
32928.    Sample no. 62364-A.)
A sample of butter taken from the shipment involved in this case was found 
to contain portions of insects, animal hairs, mold, and other filth.
On June 21, 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 barrel of butter at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about June 16, 1934, by Lynchburg Produce, from Lynchburg, Va., and charg- 
ing 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 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.