26267. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. 7 Lots  (607 Pounds) of Butter.     Decree
of destruction.    (F. & D. no. 37804.    Sample nos. 56227-B to 56223-B, incl.)
This case involved shipments of butter that was decomposed and filthy.
On April 16, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of seven lots of butter at 
Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article had been shipped in various ship- 
ments between the dates of January 8 and February 19, 1936, by J. D. Young, 
Congo, Ky., Louie E. Boggs, Louisa, Ky., W. J. Wheeler, Chandlerville, Ky., Lee 
House, East Bernstadt, Ky., and M. M. Baker, Louisa, Ky., and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance.
On May 19, 1936, the product being spoiled and unfit for human consumption, 
on recommendation of the consignee, a decree was entered ordering its im- 
mediate destruction.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.