24872. Adulteration of  butter.     U.   S.  v.  46  Cases,  et  al.,   of  Butter.     Default
decrees  of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D.  nos.  35407,  35408. 
Sample nos. 22638-B, 22639-B, 22640-B, 28493-B.)
These cases involved shipments of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain mold, hairs, parts of insects, and other extraneous matter.
On April 11 and April 15, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 141 cases of 
butter at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about April 4, 1935, by Swift & Co., from Fort Worth, Tex., 
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and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Cresta Creamery Butter Distributed by Swift & Com- 
pany   *    *    *   Chicago."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On July 15, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBBGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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