25349. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v.  IS Cartons and 17 Cartons ox Butter.
Default decrees of condemnation. Product ordered sold as inedible 
grease.     (F. & D. nos. 36389, 36390.    Sample nos. 31081-B, 31086-B.)
These cases involved butter that contained mold.
On August 23 and August 27, 1935, the United States attorney for one Middle 
District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 35 cartons 
of butter at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., alleging that the articles had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about July 30, August 6, and August 16, 1935, by 
the H. C. Christians Co., from Chicago, Ill., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Clover 
Land Brand Country Roll."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On January 3 and January 10, 1936, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered, that the identity 
of the product be destroyed by melting and mixing it with other greases and 
that it be sold by the United States marshal for purposes other than for 
human consumption.
R. G. TUGWELL,u Acting Secretary of Agriculture.