31066. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. Lisbon Cooperative Creamery Co., Inc. 
» Plea  of  nolo  contendere.     Fine,  $250 and costs.     (F.  & D. No   42773.
Sample No. 26878-D.)
,i This product was found to be deficient in milk fat
On November 20, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Lisbon Cooperative Creamery Co., Inc., 
Dept, Iowa, alleging shipment in interstate commerce on or about June 6, 
1939, from Hewitt, Iowa, into the State of New York, of a quantity of butter 
that was adulterated.
/ The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product that contained 
less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a 
product that should contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, as 
prescribed by law.
On April 2, 1940, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, a fine of $250 and costs was imposed.
GROVER B. Hruo; Acting Secretary of Agriculture.