22830. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 400 Pounds of Butter.     Default de¬
cree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
32952. Sample no. 70602-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained mold and other extra- 
neous 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 400 pounds of butter at New 
York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
on or about May 23, 1934, by Felix S. Bentzel, from York, Pa., 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.