24886. Adulteration of cream. U. S. v. Three 5-Gallon Cans, et al., of Cream. 
Decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 35805, 35849, 
35853, 36177,    Sample nos. 28618-B, 28623-B, 28624-B, 37434-B, 37438-B.)
These cases involved cream which was filthy or decomposed or both filthy 
and decomposed.
On July 11, 16, 23, and 25, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of nine 
5-gallon cans and five 10-gallon cans of cream at Mill vale (Pittsburgh), Pa., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce between the 
dates of July 10 and July 23, 1935, in various shipments by the Weston Cream 
Station, Weston, W. Va.; W. R Sheckelf ford, Grafton, W. Va.; J. W. Knighten, 
Falling Waters, W. Va.; A. L. Vincent, Shinnston, W. Va.; W. O. Brook, Villa
Nova, W. Va.; J. S. Delaney, Villa Nova, W. Va.; George Hutson, Wallace, 
W. Va.; Mrs. Ella May Cart, Villa Nova, W. Va.; Mrs. Alice Rauscher, Grafton, 
W. Va.; and Frank A. Eirin, Heaters, W. 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.
The Blue Valley Creamery Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., the firm in possession of the 
cream, having requested its destruction, judgments were entered ordering that 
it be destroyed immediately. The decree in each instance was entered on the 
day of filing the libel.
W. R GBBXJQ-, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.