23518. Adulteration of cream.    U.  S. v.  One  5-Gallon  and Four  10-Gallon
Cans of Cream.    Decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34715.    Sample 
no. 23424-B.)
On December 12, 1934 ,the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one 5-gallon and four 
10-gallon cans of cream at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce, on or about December 8 and 9, 1934, in vari- 
ous shipments by E. S. Sheppard, from Beebe, Ark.; A. R. Siedle, from Prairie 
Du Rocher, Ill.; and Brown Edward, from Beebe, Ark.; and charging adulter- 
ation in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was moldy, rancid, putrid, 
filthy, and decomposed.
On December 13, 1934, the Beatrice Creamery Co., St. Louis, Mo., claimant, 
having consented to the destruction of the product, judgment was entered 
ordering that it be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.