21484. Misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. "Western Meat Co.    Plea of guilty.
Fine, $200.    (F. & D. no. 29517.    Sample no. 195-A.)
Sample cartons of butter taken from the shipment on which this case was 
based were found to contain less than the declared weight, 1 pound.
On August 5, 1933, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Western Meat Co., a corporation, 
South San Francisco, Calif., alleging shipment by said company in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about July 6, 1932, from the 
State of California to Honolulu, Hawaii, of a quantity of butter which was 
misbranded. The article was labeled in part: " Monarch Brand Creamery 
Butter Pasteurized 1 Pound Net Weight, Distributed by Western Meat 
Company."
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 
article, was false and misleading, and for the further reason that the article
was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the packages 
did not contain 1 pound net weight of butter, but did contain a less amount. 
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 con- 
spicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On August 5, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $200.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.