19213. Misbranding of butter.    IT. S. v. Richmond Cooperative Association
(Inc.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, ?10.     (F. & D. No. 25731.    I. S. No. 5572.)
Samples of butter from the shipment herein described having been found short 
of the declared weight, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the 
United States attorney for the District of Vermont.
On July 3, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the 
United States for the district aforesaid an information against the Richmond 
Cooperative Association (Inc.), Richmond, Vt., alleging shipment by said de- 
fendant in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or about July 29, 
1930, from the State of Vermont into the State of Massachusetts, of a quantity 
of butter that was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "Pure 
Creamery Butter Richmond Cooperative Association Inc. Hump Brand Rich- 
mond, Vermont   *    *    *   16 Ounces Net "Weight."
Misbranding was alleged in the information for the reason that the statement 
"16 Ounces Net "Weight," borne on the packages containing the article, was 
false and misleading in that the said statement represented that the packages 
each contained 16 ounces 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 said packages each contained 16 ounces of butter; whereas they did 
not contain 16 ounces but did contain in each package, with one exception, less 
than 16 ounces. 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 November 12, 1931, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.