27298. Adulteration of butter.     U.  S. v. Steensland Oil & Produce Co.     Plea of 
guilty.    Fine, $25.    (F. & D. no. 38672.    Sample no. 9504-C.)
This case involved butter that was deficient in milk fat
On April 28,1937, the United States attorney for the District of South Dakota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court an 
information against the Steensland Oil & Produce Co., a corporation, Beresford, 
S. Dak., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act on or about October 29,1936, from the State of South Dakota into the State 
of New York of a quantity of butter that was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be 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 May 7, 1937, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant and 
the court imposed a fine of $25.
H. A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.