NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1018.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBRANDING  OF  BUTTER.
On April 11, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of Iowa, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed information in the District Court of the United States 
against S. P. Pond Co. (Inc.), Keokuk, Iowa, charging shipment 
by that company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
October 9 and 14, 1910, from the State of Iowa into the State of 
Pennsylvania, of a quantity of butter which was misbranded. The 
product was labeled (on the top of the packages) " Gold Seal War- 
ranted Pure Fine Fresh Butter," and on the sides of the packages 
were the words " Process Butter."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry showed the product to be 
renovated butter. Misbranding was therefore charged for the reason 
that the label on the top of the packages of the product was false 
and misleading and calculated to deceive the purchaser and because 
the words " Process Butter " which appeared upon the sides of the 
packages did not lessen the deceit created by the top label, for when 
exposed for sale, the packages were so arranged that the words 
" Process Butter " were entirely hidden from view.
At the same term of court the defendant pleaded guilty, and was 
fined $200 and costs.   On June 7, 1911, the court reduced said fine
to $75.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 8, 1911.
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