22828. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 1 Tin of Butter. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 32950. Sample no. 69650-A.) A sample of butter taken from the shipment involved in this case was found to contain a piece of feather, and other extraneous matter. On June 1, 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 1 tin, containing 50 pounds of butter, at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about May 19,1934, by T. L. Hayter, from Abingdon, Va., 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, decomposed, or putrid animal substance. On June 22, 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.