24437. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. 17 Tubs of Butter. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 34962. Sample no. 25155-B.) This case involved a shipment of butter that contained filth. On December 21, 1934, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 tubs of butter at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- merce on or about November 8, 1934, by John Morrell, from Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 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 animal substance. On February 16, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.