14522. Adulteration and misbranding- of butter.    IT. S. v..' Central Produce
Co.      Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,   $100.      (F.   &   D.   No.   19652.     T.   S.   No.
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On August 11, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western-District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,,filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information^against the 
Central Produce Co., a corporation,1'Temple, .Tex., alleging 'Mhigment.by said 
company, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or about'Febru-' 
ary 3, 1924, from the State of Texas into the State of Louisiana," of a" quantity 
of butter which was adulterated and misbranded: The article1'was invoiced as 
creamery butter.; ?    . " " :','.''' '"?' ""..;;"; u;"" : ?    "   ?:..;?????::'< .hnss ..i^ToU r.<>
Adulteration of the article Was alleged in the informatiotf fi)r-the'reason 
that a product deficient in milk'fat,'in- that'it contained iess^tha^n g6 per cent 
by weight of milk fat, had been substituted for' butter, a product ^Wffich must 
contain not less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat as prescribed by the 
act of March 4, 1923. 

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Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was an imitation' of 
and was offered for sale under the distinctive name of anotheP.&rtielei; to1 wit,; 
creamery butter, in that it contained less than 80 per cent byf'weigM'M milk 
fat, the minimum milk fat required by-law. Misbranding was alleged for the 
further reason that the article was food in package form ahdSMe-^iuiantity-df" 
the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of,: the 
package. :    -'?.'??'.??.'?''".'"      ?''?"?'??'';\,''iuy'".'i   ;"?????/->????*?'   *uwt*.n ,/':,,, .
On June 22, 1926, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100,:!% f^E?'1  
"    '-?? .'*'        ;    :W. M.JABDINE, Secretary of Agriculture."'