"fSSSG. Ad alteration of Imtter. U. S. v. Union Crenmery Co. Pleas of 
g-uilty. Fines, $tOO. (F. & D. Nos. 19318, 19331. I. S. Nos. 11631-v, 
20057-v.)
On February 27 and March 6, 1925, respectively, the United States attorney 
for the District of Oregon, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district informations 
against the Union Creamery Co., a corporation, La Grande, Oreg., alleging 
shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in two 
consignments, namely, on or about May 14, 1924, and June 10, 1924, respec- 
tively, from the State of Oregon into the States of Washington and California, 
respectively, of quantities of butter which was adulterated. The article was 
billed or invoiced as butter.
Analyses by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample con- 
sisting of several subdivisions from each of the consignments showed that 
the said samples contained 79.39 per cent and 79.77 per cent, respectively, of 
milk fat.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the informations for the reason 
that a product deficient in milk fat had been substituted for butter, which the 
said article purported to be, and for the further reason that a product which 
contained less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for 
butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 per cent by weight of 
milk fat, as prescribed by the act of March 4. 1923.
On March 12, 1925, pleas of guilty to the informations were entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed fines in the aggregate 
amount of $100.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.