15471. Adulteration and misbranding4 of butter.    U. S. v. Larsen-Fenn Co.,
Inc.   ("Valdosta   Creamery).     Plea   of  nolo   contendere.    Fine,  825.
(F. & D. No. 19798.    I. S. No. 7492-x.)
On June 4, 1927, the United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 
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 Darsen-Fenn 
Co., Inc., a corporation, trading as the Valdosta Creamery, Valdosta, Ga., 
alleging shipment by said company, on or about April 16, 1926, from the State 
of Georgia into the State of Florida, of a quantity of butter which was adulter- 
ated and misbranded.
Examination by this department of four subdivisions from the shipment showed 
an average milk fat content of 75.09 per cent.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated, in 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.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Butter," 
borne on the packages containing the article, was false and misleading in that 
the said statement represented that the said article was butter, to wit, a product 
which should contain not less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat as pre- 
scribed by law, whereas it was a product which did not contain 80 per cent by 
weight of milk fat, but did contain a less amount.
On September 19, 1927, a plea of nolo contendere 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.