14788. Misbranding of  butter.    U.  S.  v. "Willow  spiring  Creamery Co.  of
Nebraska. Plea of guilty. Fine, $25. (F. & D. No. 19261. I. S. Nos. 
18250-v, 18256-v, 18257-v, 18259-v.)
On April 5, 1926, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Missouri, 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 
Willow Springs Creamery Co. of Nebraska, trading at Willow Springs, Mo., 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended, in part, on or about May 25, 1924, and in part on or about June 8, 
1924, from the State of Missouri into the State of Louisiana, of quantities of 
butter which was misbranded. A portion of the article was contained in 
packages labeled in part: "One Pound Net .Weight" or "1 Lb. Net." The re- 
mainder of the article consisted of prints contained in cases labeled in part: 
" 1-4 Lb. Prints 30 Lbs. Net."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statements, to wit, " One Pound Net Weight," " 1 Lb. Net," or " Plain 
1-4 Lb. Prints 30 Lbs. Net," as the case might be, borne on the said packages 
or cases, were false and misleading, in that the said statements represented 
that the packages contained 1 pound of butter and that the cases contained 30 
pounds of %-pound prints 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 packages contained 1 pound of butter and that the said cases con- 
tained 30 pounds of %-pound prints of butter, whereas the said cases and 
packages did not contain the amount declared thereon 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 October 4, 1926, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.