21576. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. -r. David Cole Creamery Co.    Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $25 and costs.     (F. & D. no. 25023.    I.S. no. 03909.)
This case involved a shipment 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 June 4, 1930, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against the David Cole Creamery Co., a corporation, Omaha, 
Nebr., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about June 15, 1929, from the State of Nebraska into the State of 
Pennsylvania, of a quantity of butter that 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 January 4, 1934, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant corporation, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.