8003. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.   U. S. v. Martin M. Nielsen (ClinŽ
ton Pure Butter Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $100 and costs.     (F. D. C.
No. 12612.    Sample No. 46921-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : January 6,1945, Southern District of Iowa, against Martin 
M. Nielsen, trading as the Clinton Pure Butter Co., Clinton, Iowa.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 1,1944, from the State of Iowa into the 
State of Illinois.
LABEL IN PART:    (Cartons)  "Nielsen's Quality One Pound Butter."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, 
milk fat, had been in part omitted from the article; and, Section 402 (b) (2), 
a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been sub- 
stituted for butter.
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), the product failed to bear a label contain- 
ing an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in that the label 
statement "One Pound" was inaccurate since the cartons contained less than 
1 pound of butter.
DISPOSITION : April 3, 1945. A plea of guilty having been entered, the defendant 
was fined $50 on each of 2 counts, a total of $100 and costs.