17353. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. Ephraim Creamery
Co., a partnership.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $105.    (F. D. C. No. 30569.
Sample Nos. 67818-K, 67822-K.)
INFORMATION FILED: April 13, 1951, District of Utah, against the Ephraim 
Creamery Co., a partnership, Salt Lake City, Utah.
ALLEGED VIOLATION : On or about March 27, 1944, the defendant gave to a firm 
engaged in the business of shipping butter in interstate commerce, at Salt Lake 
City, Utah, a guaranty to the effect that no butter shipped or delivered by the 
defendant would be adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of the Fed- 
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
On or about August 1 and 18,1950, the defendant shipped and delivered to the 
holder of the guaranty, at Salt Lake City, Utah, two lots of butter, one which 
was adulterated and misbranded and the other which was misbranded.
stituent, milk fat, had been in part omitted; and, Section 402 (b) (2), a prod- 
uct containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted 
for butter.
Misbranding (both lots), Section 403 (e) (2), the labels failed to bear ac- 
curate statements of the quantity of the contents since the product was short of 
the declared weight.
DISPOSITION : April 20, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a'fine of $105.
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