23638. Adulteration of  cream.     IT.   S.   v.   117   Gallons  of   Cream.     Consent
decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 33470.    Sample no. 2984-B, et al.)
On August 24, 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 117 gallons of cream at 
Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce, on or about August 22 and 23, 1934, in various lots by Mrs. Ann E. Hill, 
Bardstown, Ky.; Jones acquit, Salt Lick, Ky.; George Menix, Carter, Ky.;
J. R. Feagan, Walton, Ky.; L. L. Harrison, Dry Ridge, Ky.; Irene Alexander, 
Sanders, Ky.; John Kelly, Morgan, Ky.; Conrad Albrecht, Foster, Ky.; Rubie 
Haney, Olive Hill, Ky.; Kenneth Hutcherson, Hinton, Ky.; Henry Hawkins, 
Sanders, Ky.; C. F. Wilhoite, Sanders, Ky.; E. E. Walker, Sanders, Ky.; Irene 
Tuggle, Sanders, Ky.; Janie Beach, Easton, Ky.; Frank Chipman, Williams- 
town, Ky.; J. C. Pore, Williamstown, Ky.; Shelby Wilcher, Gravel Switch, 
Ky.; Eliza Hutcherson, Hinton, Ky.; Mrs. H. P. Hodges, Langnau, Ky.; Q. T. 
Hurst, Wilhurst, Ky.; Mrs. I. Noel, Hinton, 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, Tri-State Butter Co., Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, and the court entered a decree of destruction as of August 24, 1934.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.