24879. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 33 Gases, et al., of Butter.     Decree of
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 35468.     Sample no. 28123-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which contained mold and other ex- 
traneous matter.
On April 20, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Illi- 
nois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 49 cases of butter at Na- 
tional Stock Yards, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about April 11, 1935, by Armour Creameries, from Elk 
City, Okla., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: "Armour's Quality Oloverbloom full 
cream butter."
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 September 10, 1935, Armour & Co., the sole intervener, having with- 
drawn its claim and answer, judgment of condemnation was entered and it 
was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.