12431. Misbranding of  butter.    IT.   S. v.  Catawba  Creamery  Co.,  a  Corpo¬
ration.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F.  & D. No.  17132.    I.  S. Nos 
3030-V, 3069-v.)
On April 18, 1923, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
North Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
the Catawba Creamery Co., a corporation, Hickory, N. C, alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or about 
August 12, 1922, from the State of North Carolina into the State of Georgia, 
and on or about September 8, 1922, from the State of North Carolina into the- 
State of South Carolina, of quantities of butter which was misbranded. The 
article was labeled in part: " One Pound Net Weight * * * Catawba Gem 
Butter   *    *    *   Catawba Creamery Co.   Hickory, N. C."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, " One Pound Net Weight," borne on the packages 
containing the article regarding the said article, was false and misleading in 
that it represented that each of said packages contained 1 pound net of butter, 
and for the further reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that each of the said pack- 
ages contained 1 pound net of butter, whereas, in truth and in fact, each of said 
packages contained a less amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further 
reason that the article was food in package form and the quantity of the con- 
tents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On April 23, 1924, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf" 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
HOWAED M. GOEE, Secretary of Agriculture.