27489. Adulteration of cream.     U.   S. v. Three 5-Gallon Cans, "Three 8-Gallon
Cans, and Two 10-Gallon Cans of Cream.    Consent decree of condem- 
nation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 40319.    Sample no. 39753-C.)
This product was found to be decomposed or filthy, or both.
On July 23, 1937, 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 eight cans of cream at Denver, Colo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
July 21, 1937, in various shipments by Fred A. Ridpath, Cambridge, Nebr.; 
Donald Hill, Broken Bow, Nebr.; Cal Wiggins, Wheeler, Kans.; B. H. Marshall, 
Elm Creek, Nebr.; F. J. Struckman, Brule, Nebr.; Frank Gue Cream Co., 
Crawford, Nebr.; A. S. Bevers, Lakeview, Tex.; and J. H. Koeninger, Hedley, 
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 July 23, 1937, the consignee having admitted the allegations of the libel 
and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering 
that the product be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.