23637. Adulteration of   cream.     V.   S.  v.   110   Gallons   of   Cream.     Consent
decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33469.     Sample nos. 3220-B, 3221-B, 
et al.)
On August 25, 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 110 gallons of 
cream at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about August 24, 1934, in various lots by W. B. Broyles, 
Plato, Ky.; Martin Ritchie, Ewing, Ky.; Frank Craig, Mt. Olivet, Ky.; 
Walter Swartz, Mt. Olivet, Ky.; F. C. Stewart, Mt. Olivet, Ky.; Will Workman, 
Ewing, Ky.; James F. O'Neal, Canaan, Ind.; Roy Darringer, Canaan, Ind.; 
Earl Brinson, Madison, Ind.; Warren February, Canaan, Ind.; Jennie Wilson, 
Canaan, Ind.; James McKenzie, Canaan, Ind.; Stanford Cry., Stanford, Ky.; 
W. Martin, Parkersburg, W. Va.; J. C. Earle, Falmouth, Ky.; Walter Allen- 
der, Foster, Ky.; and T. A. Helphinstine, Ewing, 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 
25, 1934.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.