16419. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. Padua Cooperative Creamery Assn.
Plea of guilty.   Fine of $150 on count 1; imposition of sentence sus- 
pended on count 2, and defendant placed on probation for three years.
(F. D. C. No. 28147.    Sample Nos. 24664-K, 44990-K.)
engaged in the business of shipping butter in interstate commerce, at Padua, 
Minn., a guaranty to the efiEect that all food products shipped and delivered 
to the holder of the guaranty would be neither adulterated nor misbranded 
within the meaning of the law; and, on or about August 23 and 30, 1949, the 
defendant delivered under the guaranty, at Padua, Minn., quantities of butter 
that were adulterated.
LABEL IN PART :    (Portion) "Paul Bunyan   *    *    *   Bulk Butter."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402(a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, insect fragments, 
rodent hairs, fly setae, manure fragments, mites, sediment, and feather barbules.
DISPOSITION : August 11, 1950. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a fine of $150 on count 1, suspended the imposition of sentence on count 
2, and placed the firm on probation for 3 years.