[Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, June 16, 1927]
NOTICES   OF   JUDGMENT   UNDER   THE   FOOD   AND   DRUGS   ACT
[Given pursuant to section 4 of the food and drugs act]
14951.?Adulteration    and    misbranding    of    butter.      U.    S.    v.    Nelsonville
Creamery   and   Cheese   Assoc.     Plea   of   nolo   contendere.    Pine,   $40.?
(F. & D. No. 19729.    I. S. Nos. 17403-v, 17435-v.)
On February 6, 1926, the United States attorney for the Western District of?
Wisconsin, 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 Nelsonville Creamery & Cheese Assoc, a corporation, Nelsonville, Wis.,?
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in.?
two consignments, on or about January 26 and March 21, 1925, respectively,?
from the State of Wisconsin into the State of Maryland, of quantities of butter?
which was adulterated and misbranded.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that a substance containing less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat had?
been substituted for butter, a product which must contain not less than 80?
per cent by weight of milk fat as prescribed by the act of March 4, 1923.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " This?
butter is made from pure cream and on account of its high, rich, delicate?
flavor, should be kept in a cool place entirely away from vegetables and other?
like products," borne on the parcels containing the said article, was false and?
misleading, in that the said statement represented that the article was butter,?
and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive?
and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it was butter, whereas it was?
not but was a product deficient in milk fat, in that it contained less than 80?
per cent by weight of milk fat.
On February 12, 1927, a plea of nolo contendere to the information was?
entered on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine?
of $40.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.