4342. Adulteration of butter.    TT. S. v. 25 Cartons of Butter.    Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond to be rendered into 
butter oil.    (F. D. C.:No. 8588.   Sample No. 19652-F.),
In addition to mold, this product contained mites, insect parts, fragments of 
rodent hair, feathers, and miscellaneous dirt.
Oh September 30, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of Massa- 
chusetts filed a libel against 25 32-pound cartons of butter at Boston, Mass., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
September 17, 1942, by the JTairmont Creamery Co. from Sioux City, Iowa; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy or decomposed animal substance. The article was labeled in part: (Car- 
tons) "Sweet Clover Brand Butter."
On November 16, 1942, the Fairmont Creamery Co., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the 
product was ordered released under bond for conversion into butter oil under 
the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.