12506. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     U. S. v. Courtland Cream 
ery Assoc, a Corporation.    Plea of g-uilty.     Fine, S50.     (F. & D. No.
17929.     I. S. No. 1150-v.)
On April 22, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
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 Court- 
land Creamery Assoc, a corporation, Courtland, Minn., alleging shipment by 
said defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about July 2, 
1923, from the State of Minnesota into the State of Maryland, of a quantity 
of butter which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part:  (Wrapper)  "Fine Butter    *    *    *    One Pound Net."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained excessive moisture and was deficient in 
milk fat.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a product deficient in milk fat and containing an excessive amount of 
moisture had been substituted for butter, which the said article purported 
to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, "Fine 
Butter," borne on the wrappers containing the article, regarding the said 
article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and 
misleading in that it represented that the article was fine 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 it was fine butter, whereas, in truth 
and in fact, it was not fine butter but wa& a product deficient in milk fat and 
containing an excessive amount of moisture.
On April 22, 1924, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
HOWAKD M. GOKE, Secretary of Agriculture.