24297. Adulteration of butter.    V.  S. v. 2 Barrels  of  Butter.    Default  de¬
cree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 34532.     Sample 
nos. 4758-B, 4760-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of butter which was found to 
contain human, cow, and rodent hairs; maggots; portions of small insects; mold; 
and nondescript filth.
On November 24,1934, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland,, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a 
libel praying seizure and condemnation of two barrels of butter at Baltimore, 
Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
November 19, 1934, by the Beasley Produce Exchange, from Roanoke, Va., 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.
On January 8, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.