16420. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. 135 Cartons, etc. (16,128 pounds, total).
(F. D. C. No. 25831.    Sample Nos. 25415-K, 25844-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 19, 1948, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about July 27 and August 11, 1948, by The Enoch 
Schultz Creamery, from Bismarck, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   252  64-pound cartons of butter at St. Paul, Minn.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402(a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent hair 
fragments, rodent hairs, insect fragments, mites, manure fragments, and sedi- 
ment; and, Section 402(a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary condi- 
tions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: April 21, 1949. Enoch Schultz of Bismarck, N. Dak., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond to be 
reprocessed under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. 3 
cartons were found to be fit for human consumption and were released, and the 
remaining 249 cartons were converted into soap stock.