25888. Adulteration of butter.    U.  S.   v.   1  Tub   of  Batter,  and  another libel
proceeding against batter. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, 
and destruction in each case. (F. & D. nos. 36551, 36552. Sample nos. 
39877-B, 39883-B.)
Samples of butter taken from these shipments were found to contain maggots, 
mold, portions of insects, human hair, rodent hair, and nondescript dirt.
On October 11 and October 16,1935, the United States attorney for the District 
of Maryland, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court on each of said dates, a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of a quantity of butter at Baltimore, Md., consigned by J. N. Bernard, Rogers- 
ville, Tenn. It was alleged in the libels that the article had been shipped in 
interstate commerce, in part on or about October 6,1935, and in part on or about 
October 14,1935, from Rogersville, Tenn., to Baltimore, Md., and was adulterated 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article, in each case, was charged under the allegation 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal 
substance.
On November 19 and November 21,1985, no claimant having appeared in either 
case, default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction were entered.
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.