28609. Adulteration and misbranding of butter,    IT. S. v. Lloyd liams and Hay E.
Iiams  (Lander Creamery Co.).    Pleas of guilty.    Fines. 8100.    (F. & D.
No. 39850.    Sample Nos. 39046-C, 39482-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On February 7, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Wyoming, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Lloyd Rams and Ray E. Iiams, copartners trading as 
the
. Lander Creamery Co., Lander, Wyo., alleging shipment by said defendants 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act on or about July 7, 1937, from the 
State of Wyoming into the State of California of quantities of butter which
was adulterated and misbranded.   The article was labeled in part: "Lander 
Creamery Company Primrose Butter."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance 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 as provided by the 
act of Congress of March 4, 1923.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Butter," 
borne on the label, was false and misleading, since the article was not butter 
but was a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat.
On February 9, 1938, the defendants entered pleas of guilty and the court 
imposed fines in the total amount of $100.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.