26288. Adulteration of cream. U. S. v. Four 5-Gallon Cans of Cream. Consent decree of destruction. (F. & D. no. 37880. Sample no. 68089-B.) This case involved cream that was filthy and decomposed. On June 17, 1936, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of four 5-gallon cans of cream at Denver, Colo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about June 13, 1936, by Fred Adams, from Rawlins, Wyo.; J. B. Jordon, from New Castle, Tex.; S. C. Kee, from Olney, Tex.; J. O. Jordon, from New Castle, Tex., and charging adulteration 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 substance. On June 17, 1936, the Farmers & Merchants Creamery Co. and Swift & Co., having filed a statement confessing the allegations of the libel and having con- sented to the entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering that the product be destroyed. HABBT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.