1868S. Mlsbrandlnar of butter. TJ. S. v. Segro Milk Products Co. Plea of 
guilty.    Fine, $10.    (F. & D. No. 25728.    I. S. No. 018571.)
Samples of butter from the shipment herein described having been found 
to be short weight, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the District of Idaho.
On May 16, 1931, the United States, attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid an information against the Sego 
Milk Products Co., a corporation, trading at Preston, Idaho, alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or 
about May 16, 1930, from the State of Idaho into the State of Utah, of a 
quantity of butter which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
"1 Pound    *    *    *    Net Weight."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statement "1 Pound Net Weight," borne on the package containing the 
said article, was false and misleading in that the said statement represemted 
that the packages each contained 1 pound of butter; and for the further 
reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser into the belief that the packages each contained 1 pound of butter; 
whereas they did not, but did contain less- than 1 pound. 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, since the packages contained less than represented.
On June 24, 1931, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
ABTHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.