23635. Adulteration of  cream.     IT.  S. v.  1,200 Gallons  of  Cream.     Consent
decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33450.    Sample nos. 2950-B, 3222-B.)
On August 27, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 1,200 gallons of cream at 
Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about August 25 and 26, 1934, in various lots by A. B. Peed, Mt. 
Olivet, Ky.; J. H. Henderson, Sardines, Ky.; Mrs. Christine D. Taylor, Cynthiana, 
Ky.; Merchants Creamery Co., Paris, Ky.; J. C. Dolphin, Winchester, Ky.; Ida 
Estes, Clay City, Ky.; Mrs. Mary Crawford, Crab Orchard, Ky.; Buford Estes, 
Clay City, Ky.; Louisa Produce Co., Louisa, Ky.; Merchants Creamery Co., 
Hustonville, Ky.; W. L. Scott, Lexington, Ky.; Merchants Creamery Co., Sun- 
man, Ind.; Dora Watt, Bryantville, Ky.; Stanford Creamery Co., Stanford, Ky.; 
Mrs. Ebbie Lamson, Crab Orchard, Ky.; Mildred Troyman, Harrodsburg, Ky.; 
M. Giboney, Nicholsville, Ky.; W. F. Pope, Brooksville, Ky.; Mrs. Jessie Swear- 
inger, Vanceburg, Ky.; Joe Meer, Brookville, Ind.; A. E. Carlton, Brookville, 
Ind.; Roy Wells, Batesville, Ind.; Palmer Coyle, Owingsville, Ky.; Mrs. Will 
Martin, Carlisle, Ky.; Leslie K. Vice, Carlisle, Ind.; Hubert Lowe, Versailles, 
Ind.; Mrs. Clem Phflum, Butlerville, Ind.; W. L. Brougher, Grammer, Ind.; 
Arthur Davis, Nebraska, Ind.; Clem Koors, Westport, Ind.; Fred Simmons, 
North Vernon, Ind.; Herbert Sporleder, North Vernon, Ind.; Hannah Johnston, 
Versailles, Ind.; Dorothy Rudicel, Scipio, Ind.; C. I. Turner, Vevay, Ind.; 
Ralph Reynolds, Scottsburg, Ind.; John E. Gladden, Lexington, Ind.; C. E. 
Robbins, Scottsburg, Ind.; Emmet Berry, Lexington, Ind.; Perlin Graves, Nabb, 
Ind.; Lena Bramberger, Scottsburg, Ind.; Martin Ritchie, Emig, Ky.; Earl 
Bunson, Madison, Ky.; Warren Moreau, Canaan, Ind.; James McKenzie, 
Canaan, Ind.; Mrs. Jennie Wilson, Canaan, Ind.; W. B. Broyles, Plato, Ky.; 
O. J. Klenovan, Ewing, Ky.; T. H. Helpenstine, Ewing, Ky.; E. V. Shouse 
Waddy, Ky.; E. J. Fisher, Williamstown, Ky.; John Cheek, Waddy, Ky.; Joe 
Stucker, Waddy, Ky.; D. T. Brewer, Sadieville, Ky.; M. J. True, Stamping 
Ground, Ky.; Ruth Reder, Vevay, Ind.; Howard Singer, Melton, Ky.; W. 
Fawbush, Little Yard, Ind.; Ed Nelson, Salem, Ind.; Icie Smith, Salem, Ind.; 
Thornton Skelton, Salem, Ind.; Els McCleery, Little York, Ind.; Enoch Gaiter, 
Salem, Ind.; Emmet Warriner, Little York, Ind.; Louis Fleenor, Little York, 
Ind.; F. J. Thieman, Milton, Ky.; Jess Payne, Salem, Ind.; Joe Fleenor, 
Little York, Ind.; Patrick Warriner, Little York, Ind.; H. L. Ashabraner, Salem, 
Ind.; W. M. Bowers, Salem, Ind.; C. N. Motsinger, Salem, Ind.; Geo. Egerton, 
Bedford, Ky.; Nora Fleenor, Little York, Ind.; Curtis L. Dunnaway, Bedford, 
Ky.; Louis Cassettia, Hanover, Ind.; Isaac Horton, Hanover, Ind.; Hattie 
Turner, Hanover, Ind.; Kathleen Craf ton, Hanover, Ind.; O. L. McCormick, 
Nabb, Ind.; Tony Staples, Bedford, Ky.; J. H. Nickell, Milan, Ind.; J. L. 
Hildreth, Ewing, Ky.; Chris Plummer, Maysville, Ky.; Alfred Devaughn, 
Mays Lick, Ky.; Sarah Cracraft, Mays Lick, Ky.; W. Dice, Augusta, Ky.; 
John W. Tuel, Jr., Mays Lick, Ky.; Emma Cracraft, Mays Lick, Ky.; Geo. F.
Cracraft, Mays Lick, Ky.; Myrtle Hoffman, Verona, Ky.; W. C. Acra, Bellview, 
Ky.; Clarence Frodge, Mays Lick, Ky.; Jack Hunt, Mays Lick, Ky.; John P. 
Craig, Mt. Olivet, Ky.; Rebecca Garrison, Maysville, Ky.; Garrett Orr, Brooks- 
ville, Ky.; Sophronia Cracraft, Mays Lick, Ky.; J. H. Sullivan, Mays Lick, Ky.; 
Mrs. E. C. Campbell, Mays Lick, Ky.; Craig Duncan, Warsaw, Ky.; W. T. 
Jones, Sparta, Ky.; John Hewitt, Wattanville, Ky.; S. J. Meal, Sanders, Ky.; 
E. B. Kemper, Wenton, Ky.; Fred Pains, Pleasureville, Ky.; Joe Clark, Pleas- 
ureville, Ky.; Joseph Watson, Campbellsburg, Ky.; Vernon Smoot, Owenton, 
Ky.; and Ed Shirley, Sanders, Ky.; and charging adulteration in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
The product, being spoiled and unfit for human consumption, was destroyed 
immediately with the consent of the consignee, the Merchants Creamery Co., 
Cincinnati, Ohio, and the court entered a decree of destruction as of August 
27, 1934.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.