17216. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. Farmers Creamery Assn. of De Smet, a
corporation, and Kenneth A. Hillestad.   Pleas of guilty.   Each defend- 
ant fined $25.    (F. D. C. No. 30052.    Sample No. 85313-K.)
INFORMATION FILED : February 13,1951, District of South Dakota, against Farm- 
ers Creamery Assn. of De Smet, a corporation, De Smet, S. Dak., and Ken- 
neth A. Hillestad, manager of the corporation.
?See also No. 17250.
given to a firm engaged in the business of shipping butter in interstate com- 
merce, a guaranty to the effect that no butter sold by the defendant would be 
adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act.
On or about August 23, 1950, the defendant shipped and delivered to the 
holder of the guaranty, at Mitchell, S. Dak., a quantity of butter that was 
adulterated.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the food consisted in part 
of a filthy substance by reason of. the presence of fly fragments, insect frag- 
ments, mites, manure, and rat or mouse hairs; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the 
food had been prepared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may 
have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: March 16, 1951. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a fine of $25 against each defendant.