30705. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. Star Valley Creamery
Co. and Cannon S. Wray.    Plea of guilty by corporation;  plea of nolo 
contendere  by individual.      Fines:   corporation,  $75;   individual,  $25.
(F. & D. No. 42630.    Sample No. -19169-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On December 12,1938, 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 the Star Valley Creamery Co., a corporation, Afton, 
Wyo., and Cannon S. Wray, manager of said corporation, alleging shipment by 
said defendants in violation of the Food and Drugs Act on or about July 16, 
1938, from the State of Wyoming into the State of California, of a quantity of 
butter which was adulterated and misbranded. The article was labeled in 
part: "Star Valley Creamery Butter."
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It 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.'
Misbranding was alleged in that the label statement "Butter" was false and 
misleading, since it represented that the article was butter, a product which 
should contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat; whereas it 
contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat
On June 14, 1939, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the 
corporation and a plea of nolo contendere having been entered by Wray, the 
court imposed fines of $75 against the corporation and $25 against the 
individual.
HABBT L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.