25500. Adulteration of butter.     TJ. S. v.  1 Tub and 1 Can of Butter.     Default
decree of condemnation and destruction. .  (F. & D. no. 3C760.    Sample 
no. 39889-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to 
contain portions of insects, maggots, hairs, mold, and nondescript dirt.
On October 18, 1935, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of one tub and one can of 
butter at Baltimore, Md., consigned by H. G. Lambert, Hundred, W. Va., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on or about October 14, 1935, from 
Hundred, W. Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "H. G. Lambert, Hundred, 
West Va."
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 November 21, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and It was ordered that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.