21381. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v. The Reno Creamery  Co.     Plea  of
guilty. Fine, 825 and costs. (F. & D. no. 29434. I.S. nos. 35334, 
37106.)
This action was based on shipments of butter, samples of which were found 
to contain less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, the standard for butter 
established by Congress.
On March 13, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture filed in the district court 
an information against the Reno Creamery Co., a corporation, Hutchinson, 
Kans., alleging shipments by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, in part on or about June 29, 1931, and in part on or about July 7, 1931, 
from the State of Kansas into the State of Illinois, of a quantity of butter 
which was adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that a 
product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been sub- 
stituted for butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent of 
milk fat as provided by the act of March 4, 1923.
On September 18, 1933, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defend- 
ant company, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.