25363. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 7 Cases of Butter.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 36510.    Sample no. 41582-B.)
This action involved butter that contained mold.
On September 25, 1935, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of seven cases of 
butter at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce on or about August 21, 1935, by Armour Creameries, from 
Fort Worth, Tex., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) "Spring Brook Brand Creamery 
Butter   *    *   *   Distributed by Armour Creameries."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On October 25, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed.
R. G. TTJGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.