27406. Adulteration of cream.    U.  S.  v. One  10-Gallon  Can, et al.,  of  Cream.
Consent decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 37840, 
37850, 37851, 37852.    Sample nos. 69951-B, 71051-B, 71052-B, 71053-B.)
This product was found to be decomposed or filthy, or both.
On May 21, June 6, and June 8, 1936, the United States attorney for the 
Northern District of California, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 
nine 10-gallon cans of cream at Modesto, Calif., alleging that it had been shipped 
in interstate commerce in various shipments on or about May 18, June 1, and 
June 2, 1936, by the Milk Producers Association of Central California, Fallon, 
Nev.; R. M. Howard, Reno, Nev.; and Harry Hibbard, Yerington, Nev., 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 May 22 and June 8, 1936, the consignee having consented to the entry 
of decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and it was ordered that 
the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.