24895. Adulteration of  cream.     U.   S.  v.   One   5-Gallon   Can,   et al.,  of  Cream.
Default decree of destruction.     (F. & D. no. 35868.    Sample no. 41531-B.)
This case involved shipments of cream which was filthy or decomposed or 
both filthy and decomposed.
On July 11, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of seven cans of cream at St Paul, 
Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about July 8 and July 9, 1935, in various consignments by A. C. Hinze. 
Loretto, Nebr.; Ira Smith, Bassett, Nebr.; Edw. Fork, Carroll, Nebr.; E. O. 
Behmer, Hoskins, Nebr.; John Egge, Buxton, N. Dak.; Fred Heuther, Regent, 
N. Dak.; R. Pope, Flora, N. 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, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On September 4, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered 
ordering that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.