23738. Adulteration of cream.    U. S. v. Eight 5-Gallon Cans and Five lO-
Gallon  Cans  of  Cream.    Consent decree  of  destruction.     (F.  & D.
no. 34696.    Sample no. 26077-B.)
On November 16, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Colo- 
rado, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 13 cans (85 gallons) of 
cream at Trinidad, Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, on or about November 14, 1934, in various shipments by H. H. 
Plemens, Hamlin, Tex.; J. R. McCarter, Midland, Tex.; A. R. Gilmore, Tolar, 
Tex.; J. M. Watron, Goree, Tex.; T. V. Curry, Itasca, Tex.; Arthur Waldrop, 
Sentinel, Okla.; Norman J. Schmidt, Dalhart, Tex.; A. M. Currie, Canyon, Tex.; 
J. L. Sims, Brownfield, Tex.; W. W. Carpenter, Matador, Tex.; R. O. Wil- 
loughby, Texola, Okla.; and W. B. Barton, Matador, Tex.; and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it was moldy, putrid, filthy, 
decomposed, yeasty, and rancid.
On November 16, 1934, the Trinidad Creamery Co., Trinidad, Colo., 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.