1254. Adulteration of butter.    TJ.  S. v. 30 and 4 Cases of Butter   (and 4 other
seizure actions against butter). Default decrees of condemnation and 
destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 2757, 3053, 3166, 3277, 3404. Sample Nos. 9646-B, 
9647-E, 15483-E, 20726-E, 27061-E, 27062-E, 28865-B, 28866-E.)
Between August 16 and October 16, 1940, the United States attorney for the 
Southern District of Alabama, the Southern District of Florida, Western District 
of Tennessee, the Southern District of West Virginia, and the Eastern District of
Virginia filed libels against 34 cases of Butter at Mobile, Ala.; 6 tubs of butter 
at Memphis, Tenn.; 35 cases at Jacksonville, Fla.; 13 cases and 47% pounds at 
Huntington, W. Va.; and 23 cases at Norfolk, Va., alleging that the article had 
been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on or about July 21 
to October 8,1940, by the Armour Creameries in various shipments from Meridian, 
Miss.; Springfield, Mo.; Dublin, Ga.; and Louisville, Ky.; and charging that it 
was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy or decomposed 
substance. The article was labeled variously in part: "Goldendale [or "Gold 
Band" or "Springbrook"] Butter Armour Creameries Distributors"; "Greer's 
'Moo Girl' Autry Greer & Sons Distributors"; or "Green Pasture Fresh Creamery 
Butter Packed for R. E. Clutts   *   *   *   Huntington, West Virginia."
Between October 18 and December 21, 1940, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.