18270. ^Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. Sauk Rapids Farmers Cooperative Cream¬ ery Co. Plea of guilty. Fine of $300 on first count and $600 on second count; fine on second count suspended and defendant placed on proba- tion for 3 years. (F. D. C. No. 31547. Sample Nos. 75910-K, 19563-L.) INFORMATION FILED : October 11, 1951, District of Minnesota, against the Sauk Rapids Farmers Cooperative Creamery Co., a corporation, Sauk Rapids, Minn. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about March 15,1950, arid May 3,1951, from the'State of Minnesota into the States of New York and Pennsylvania. LABEL IN PART: "Butter Distributed by Irving Fuchs * * * New York, N. Y." or "Butter Distributed by C. W. Dunnet & Co., Phila., Pa." NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent of the article, milk fat, had been in part omitted; and, Section 402 (b) (2), a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been sub- stituted for butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat. i ' DISOSITION : December 4, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of $300 on the first count and $600 on the second count, but suspended payment of the fine on the second count and ' ' placed the defendant on probation for 3 years.