30153. Adulteration of cream.    U. S. v. Four 10-Gallon Cans and One 5-Gallon
Can of Cream (and three other seizure actions against the same prod- 
uct.) Default decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 
44771 to 44774, inclusive.    Sample Nos. 30684-D, 31123-D, 31124-D, 41136-D.)
This product was in whole or in part filthy and decomposed.
On January 25, 1939, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 13 cans of cream at Denver, Colo.; 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce in various 
shipments on or about January 21, 22, and 23, 1989, by E. M. Lewis from Abbott, 
N. Mex., G. L. Woods from Elsie, Nebr., Florsheim Merc. Co. from Springer, 
N. Mex., Ray Rentfro from Bushnell, Nebr., R. A. Cealins from Lyman, Nebr., 
Clarence Tipton from Silverton, Tex., Ray Cross from Edison, Nebr., Mrs. B. R. 
Schultz from Hartley, Tex., J. M. Thompson from Silverton, Tex., G. W. Corns 
from Norton, Kans., R. L. Carter from Silverton, Tex., Wilbur Dutton from 
Melbeta, Nebr., and Campbell Produce Co. from Benkelman, Nebr.; 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, and putrid animal substance.
On January 25, 1939, the consignees having consented to the entry of decrees, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.