3253.?Adulteration  and   misbranding: of  butter.     U.   S.  v.  Charles  B,   Sim?
mons.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $10.     (F. & D. No. 202-c.)
On December 12, 1913, the United States attorney for the District of Colum??
bia, acting upon a report by the Health Officer of said District, authorized by?
the Secretary of Agriculture, filed an information in the Police Court in the?
District aforesaid against Charles B. Simmons, Washington, D. C, alleging 'the?
sale by said defendant, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on November 1,?
1913, at the District aforesaid, of a quantity of so-called butter which was?
adulterated and misbranded. The product bore no label. Adulteration of the?
product was alleged in the information for the reason that another substance,?
namely, oleomargarine, had been substituted for the butter in whole or in part.?
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the product was an imitation of?
butter and was offered for sale and was sold under the distinctive name of?
another article of food.
On December 12, 1913, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa??
tion and the court imposed a fine of $10.
B. T. GAILOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 8, 191Jh