30682. Adulteration of butter.    U. S. v. Spring: Valley Butter Co.    Plea of guilty.
Fine, $75.     (F. & D. No. 42691.    Sample Nos. 27119-D, 44769-D, 44781-D, 
44787-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On April 29, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against the Spring Valley Butter Co., a corporation hav- 
ing a place of business at Houston, Tex., alleging shipment by said defendant 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 29 and November 
19, 1938, from the State of Texas into the State of New York, of quantities 
of butter which 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 act of March 4, 1923.
On June 24, 1939, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant and 
the court imposed a fine of $75.
HAEET L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.