27829. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.   IT. S. v. Deer Park Creamery Co.
Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $75. (F. & D. No. 3G034. Sample Nos. 
24091-C, 24092-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On July 8, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wash- 
ington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against the Deer Park Creamery Co., a corporation, Deer 
Park, Wash., alleging that on or about November 30, 1936, the defendant sold 
and delivered to Swift & Co., at Spokane, Wash., a quantity of butter under a 
guaranty that it was not adulterated or misbranded in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act; that on or about December 3, 1936, portions of the said butter, 
in the identical condition as when it was received, was shipped by Swift & Co. 
from the State of Washington into the State of Idaho; and charging that it was 
adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in 
part: (Wrapper) "Swift's Erookfield Butter * * * Distributed by Swift & 
Company    *    *    *   Chicago."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less than 80 
percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a product which 
should contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On September 7, 1937, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of the 
defendant and the court imposed a fine of $75.
HABEY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.