16667. Adulteration of butter.   U, S. v. 32 Cases   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No. 29759.
Sample No, 72868-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 22,1950, Southern District of Ohio.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 11, 1950, by Dearmin & Co., from 
Odon, Ind.
PRODUCT:   32 cases, each containing 63 pounds, of butter at Cincinnati, Ohio.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in part of a decomposed substance since it was made from decomposed cream, 
as evidenced by a high mold mycelia count, and it contained filth in the 
form of insects, insect fragments, including the fragments of flies, and rodent
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hair fragments, cow hair fragments, cat hair fragments, and fly eggs; and, 
Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of 
milk fat had been substituted for butter. 
DISPOSITION : September 15, 1950. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be sold after it had been denatured, so that it could 
not be used for human consumption. The product was sold for conversion into 
salvage fat.