19552. Misbranding of   Butter.    U.   S.   v.   Glenville   Creamery   Association.
Plea of smllty.    Fine, $40.     (F. & D. No. 26679.    I. S. Nos. 29345, 30084.)
This action was based on the interstate shipments of two lots of butter, 
samples of which were found to contain less than 80 per cent by weight of 
milk fat, the standard prescribed by Congress.
On January 19, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Minne- 
sota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information against 
the Glenville Creamery Association, a corporation, Glenville, Minn., alleging 
shipment by said company in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about 
March 18 and March 25, 1931, from the State of Minnesota into the State of 
New York of quantities of butter that was misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: "Pasteurized Sweet Cream Butter."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that the 
statement "Butter," borne on the tubs containing the said article, was false 
and misleading, since the said statement represented that the article was 
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, whereas it contained 
less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat.
On January 19, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $40.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.