12803. Misbranding of butter. V. S. v. Sugar Creek Creamery Co., a Cor- 
poration. Plea of guilty. Fine, $200 and costs. (P. & D. No. 1857]. 
I. S. No. 2238-v.)
On June 24, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Illinois, 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 
Sugar Creek Creamery Co., a corporation, Danville, Ill., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or about 
June 19, 1923, from the State of Illinois into the State of Pennsylvania, of a 
quantity of butter which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
" Cloverdale Pure Creamery One Pound Net."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample 
consisting of 105 packages of the article showed that the average net weight 
of the packages examined was 15.67 ounces.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statement, to wit, " One Pound Net," borne on the packages containing the 
article, was false and misleading, in that the said statement represented that 
each of the packages contained 1 pound of butter, and for the further reason 
that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into 
the belief that the said packages contained 1 pound net of butter, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, each of said packages did not contain 1 pound net of butter 
but did contain a less amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason 
that the article was food in package form and the quantity of the contents 
was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On September 12, 1924, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200 and 
costs.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.