35393. Adulteration of butter. TJ. S. v. 83 Cartons of Butter. Default decree 
of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. no. 35661. Sample no. 
2S2G0-B.)
This ente involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain mold.
On May 28, 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 82 cartons, each containing 
ten 1-pound rolls of butter, at Carbondale, Ill., alleging that the article had been 
transported in interstate commerce on or about May 24, 1935, by the Kroger 
Grocery & Baking Co., from Cape Girardeau, Mo., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Country 
Club Brand Roll Creamery Butter * * * Packed For The Kroger Grocery & 
Baking Co."
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 October 14, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.