18516. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.   U. S. v. Merchants Creamery
Co., Inc., and Edwin A. Bischoff.   Pleas of guilty.   Each defendant 
fined $3,750.    (F. D. C. No. 31580.    Sample Nos. 571-L, 573-L, 11706-L, 
11707-L.) 
INDICTMENT RETURNED:    March  5,  1952,   Southern District of Ohio, against 
Merchants  Creamery Co., Inc.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  Edwin A.   Bischoff, 
president. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about September 4, 5, and 6, 1951, from the State 
of Ohio, into the States of Indiana and Kentucky.
LABEL, IN PART : "Kingan's Creamery Butter [or "Forest Brook Brand Cream- 
ery Butter" ], Packed for Kingan & Co. * * * Indianapolis, Ind.," "Rose 
Brand Creamery Butter," or "Rose Brand Butter * * * 8 Oz. Net 
Weight."
NATURE OF CHARGE: 2 lots. Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product 
consisted in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, 
insect fragments, fly fragments, feather barbules, and rodent hairs, and it 
was manufactured from filthy cream; Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable con- 
stituent, milk fat, had been in part omitted from the product; and, Section 
402 (b) (2), a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat 
had been substituted for butter.
1 lot. Misbranding, Section 403 (-e) (2), the product failed to bear a label 
containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents since the 
wrappers bore the statement "8 Oz. Net Weight" and the packages contained 
less than 8 ounces of butter.
DISPOSITION: March 31, 1952. Pleas of guilty having been entered, each de- 
fendant was fined $3,750.