30538. Adulteration   and misbranding of   butter.     U.   S.   v.   Missouri   Valley
Creamery Co.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.    (F. & D. No. 42701.    Sample 
No. 38979-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On May 11, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Missouri Valley Creamery Co., a cor- 
poration, Washington, Mo., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act, within the period from on or about October 29, 
1938, to on or about November 4, 1938, from the State of Missouri into the 
State of Illinois, of quantities of butter that was adulterated and misbranded.
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 act of March 4, 1923.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Butter," borne on 
the cases, was false and misleading since it represented that the article was 
butter, to wit, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent by 
weight of milk fat; whereas it did not contain 80 pereent by weight of milk 
fat, but did contain a less amount.
On May 18, 1939, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the de- 
fendant, the court imposed a fine of $50.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.