23123. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v. 2 Tins  of Butter.     Default  decree
of   condemnation   and   destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.   33404.     Sample   no. 
6548-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that contained rodent and human 
hairs, mold, larvae, and other filth.
On August 15, 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 two tins, containing 
177 pounds of butter, at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about August 6, 1934, by the Richmond 
Hide & Fur Co., from Richmond, Va., and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On September 1, 1934, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and destruction of the product was ordered.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. .,
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