9064. Adulteration of butter.    TJ. S. v. Murdock Farmers Co-operative Creamery
Association.    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $150.     (F. D. C. No. 15519.    Sample
Nos. 82317-F, 87337-F.)
INFORMATION FILED: September 10, 1945, District of Minnesota, against the 
Murdock Farmers Co-operative Creamery Association, a corporation, Murdock, 
Minn. The defendant was charged with giving a false guaranty. The guaranty 
was given to the West Central Cooperatives, Inc., Benson, Minn., on or about 
June 2, 1944. It provided that the article comprising each shipment or de- 
livery made by the defendant to the latter firm would be neither adulterated 
_ nor misbranded within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act. On or about August 9 and 17,1944, the defendant sold and delivered to the 
West Central Cooperative, Inc., a quantity of butter; and on or about August 
11 and 17, 1944, the West Central Cooperative, Inc., shipped from the State
of Minnesota into the State of New York a quantity of the butter which had
been delivered and guaranteed by the defendant. 
LABEL IN PART :    "Butter   Distributed By Hunter Walton & Co.   2862 New York,
N. Y." 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b)  (1), a valuable constituent,
milk fat, had been in part omitted from the product; and, Section 402 (b) (2),
a substance containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been
substituted for butter. 
DISPOSITION :   October 9, 1945.   A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf
of the defendant, the court imposed a fine of $75 on each count, a total fine
of $150.