24986. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 74% Cases of Butter.     Consent decree
of   condemnation   and  destruction.     (F.   &  D.   no.  35556.    Sample  nos. 
36838-B, 36839-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter samples of which were found to 
contain mold, hair, insects, and other extraneous matter.
On May 14, 1935, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Alabama, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 74% cases of butter 
at Mobile, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about May 8, 1935, by Swift & Co. from West Point, Miss., and
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article 
was labeled in part: "Swift's Brookfield Butter [or "Swift's Premium Quality 
Brookfleld Butter"] * * * Distributed by Swift & Company General Offices 
Chicago."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a decomposed animal substance.
On July 13, 1935, Swift & Co., claimant, having admitted the allegations 
of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.