14373. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. 15 Cartons    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No.
26175.   Sample No. 8992-K.)
LIBEL FILED:   November 16,1948, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about October 19,1948, by the Farmer's Union Coop. 
Creamery Co., from Superior, Nebr.
PRODUCT:   15   60-pound cartons of butter at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHAEGB: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; and, Section 
402 (a) (4), it had been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. (Examination showed 
that the product contained insect fragments, rodent hair, and manure, and that 
it had been made from decomposed cream.)
DISPOSITION : January 11,1949. Default decree of condemnation. The product 
was ordered denatured and sold for fat salvage.