17573. Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. Armour Creameries.     Plea of guilty.
Fine, 8100 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 23722.    I. S. Nos. 026, 027, 029, 030, 
031, 032, 051, 052, 057, 058, 22561-x.)
Samples of the butter from the herein described interstate shipments, 
^hich consisted of prints labeled as weighing 4 ounces, 1 pound, or 2 pounds, 
as the case might be, having been found to be short weight, the Secretary 
?of Agriculture reported the facts to the United States attorney for the District 
of Montana.
On July 19,1929, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid an information containing 15 
counts against the Armour Creameries, a corporation, trading at Miles City, 
Mont., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the food and drugs 
act as amended, in various consignments, on or about June 12, June 22, June 
.30, and July 4, 1928, respectively, from the State of Montana into the State 
of California, of quantities of butter which was misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part, variously: "Armour's Cloverbloom Creamery Butter One Pound 
[or " Two Pounds"] Net Weight; " " Cloverbloom Brand Creamery Butter 
?* * * Net Weight One Pound [or " Two Pounds"] "; " Supreme Fancy 
Creamery Butter * * * One Pound [or "Two Pounds"] Net Weight;" 
" Net Weight-Four Ounces;" " 2 Lbs. Net Weight;" or " I Lb. Net Weight." 
On June 19, 1930, counts 3, 7, 11, and 15 of the information were amended 
and the remaining counts dismissed.
It was alleged in the amended counts of the information that the article 
was misbranded in that it was food in package form and the quantity of the 
contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the 
package.
On June 19, 1930, a plea of guilty to said counts, as amended, was entered 
on behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and 
costs.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.