2653. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 49 Gases of Butter.   Default decree of con¬
demnation and   destruction.     (F.  D.   C.  No.   6283.     Sample Nos.  71555-B, 
71559-E.)
This product, in addition to containing mold, was also contaminated with 
insects and insect fragments, hairs, and nondescript dirt.
On November 8, 1941, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri filed a libel against 49 30-pound cases of butter at St. Louis, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
October 20, 21, 23, and 25, 1941, by Food Fair (Giant Foods) from Reading, 
Pa.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. The article was labeled in 
part: (Cases) "Distributed by P. A. Schulze Co., St. Louis, Mo."; and (parchment 
wrappers)  "Sunshine Valley [or "Clover Springs"] Brand Butter."
On December 23, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.