22874. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 126 Pounds of Butter. Default de- 
cree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,  and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.
33378.    Sample  no.  70613-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained rodent hairs and other 
filth.
On June 12,1934, 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 126 pounds of butter at New 
York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce 
on or about June 2, 1934, by the Beasley Produce Exchange, from Roanoke, 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 filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substances.
On July 3, 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. WECSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.