23694. Adulteration of   cream.    TJ.   S.   v.   Twenty-nine   10-Gallon   Cans   of
Cream.    Consent decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34489.    Sample 
no. 22781-B.)
On October 30, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 29 10-gallon cans of cream 
at Sioux City, Iowa, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce, on or about October 27 and 28, 1934, in various shipments by R. D. 
Cox, Albion, Nebr.; Halbor Bros., Elgin, Nebr.; Geo. R. Rockwell, Homer, 
Nebr.; Alder Bros., Opportunity, Nebr.; R. Hagens, Cairo, Nebr.; W. A. Gutz- 
man. Hoskins, Nebr.; Arthur E. Olson, Bristow, Nebr.; Ivan Schwartz, Spencer, 
Nebr,; John P. Thoma, Walls, S. Dak.; Glen L. Bowman, Burkmere, S. Dak.; 
Leonard Taylor, Battle Creek, Nebr.; Aug. J. Libbe, West Point, Nebr.; L. A. 
Fox, Bassett, Nebr.; Jerauld County Farmers Union, Wessington Springs, 
S. Dak.; has. S. Townsend, White Lake, S. Dak.; P. W. Frieseu, Freeman, 
S. Dak.; A. B. Miller, Long Pine, Nebr.; J. A. Teandt, Stockham, Nebr.; Frank 
Marcia, Benedict, Nebr.; Thomas H. Hill, Randolph, Nebr.; Mrs. Emma Heick, 
Lindy, Nebr.; John Simons, Sparks, Nebr.; A. Gleason, Currie, Minn.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was moldy, putrid, filthy, 
decomposed, and rancid.
On October 30, 1934, the Borden's Produce Co., Sioux City, Iowa, having 
admitted the material allegations of the libel and having consented to the 
entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.