23535. Adulteration of cream.    U. S. v. Thirteen 10-Gallon Cans of Cream.
Decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34767.    Sample no. 27375-B.)
On December 8, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 13 cans of cream 
at Springfield, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about December 2, 1934, in various shipments by J. H. Grigsby, 
Denmark, Ark.; O. C. Dickson Produce Co., Heber Springs, Ark.; C. E. Cope- 
land, Batesville, Ark.; J. W. Loveless, Searcy, Ark.; W. B. Hardin, Black 
Rock, Ark.; O. H. Patton, Cabot, Ark.; A. Farrar, Fayetteville, Ark.; and 
charging adulteration 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 8, 1984, the product being spoiled and unfit for human con- 
sumption, and the consignee, the Borden's Produce Co., Springfield, Mo., hav- 
ing consented to its destruction, judgment was entered ordering that it be 
destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.