23596. Adulteration of cream.    U.  S. v.  Six 5-Gallon  Cans  of  Cream.     De¬
cree of destrnctlon.    (F. & D. no. 34893.    Sample no. 27261-B.)
On November 28, 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 six 5-gallon cans of 
cream at Kansas City, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, on or about November 22, and 23, 1934, in various lots
by W. S. Smith, Allen, Tex.; Gardner Bros., Pryor, Okla.; R. T. Miller, Al- 
toona, Kans.; R. Goebel, Fayetteville, Tex.; L. P. Palmer, Leflore, Okla.; and 
Joe Howard, Cameron, Okla.; 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 November 28, 1934, the product being spoiled and unfit for human con- 
sumption, and the consignee, the Spring Valley Butter Co., Kansas City, Mo., 
having recommended its immediate destruction, judgment was entered order- 
ing that it be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.