22379. Adulteration of   butter.     U.   S.   v.   Hazelwood   Co.,   Ltd.     Pleas   of
guilty.    Fines, $30.    (F. & D. nos. 29523-A, 29523-B.    Sample nos. 1549-A, 
1550-A, 1738-A.)
This case was based on shipments of butter which contained less than 80 
percent by weight of milk fat.
On September 13, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court two informations against the Hazelwood Co., Ltd., a corpora- 
tion, having its principal place of business at Spokane, Wash., and a place of 
business at Walla Walla, Wash., alleging shipment by said company in viola- 
tion of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about May 23,1932, from Spokane, Wash., 
into the State of Idaho, and on or about May 31,1932, from Walla Walla, Wash., 
into the State of Oregon, of quantities of butter which was adulterated. The 
article was labeled in part: "Jersey Belle [or "Hazelwood"] Butter * * * 
Hazelwood Co., Ltd., Spokane, Wash."
It was alleged in the informations that the article was adulterated in that a 
product which contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been 
substituted for butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent 
by weight of milk fat as prescribed by the act of March 4, 1923, which the 
article purported to be.
On March 27, 1934, pleas of guilty to both informations were entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed fines in the amount 
of $30.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.