11062.?Misbranding1 of butter.     V. S. v. Beatrice Creamery Co., a Corpora?
tion.     Plea   of   guilty.     Fine,   $140   and   eosts.     (F.   &   D.   No   15561,?
I. S. Nos. 113-t, 116-t, 118-t, 119-t, 4926-t, 4927-t, 4928-t.)
On March 20, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the?
Beatrice Creamery Co., a corporation, Dubuque, Iowa, alleging shipment by?
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, asi amended, in various?
consignments, on or about May 16, May 19, May 21, June 1, and June 2, 1921,?
respectively, from the State of Iowa into the State of Illinois, and on or about?
May 23, 1921, from the State of Iowa into the State of Wisconsin, of quantities?
of butter which was misbranded. The article was labeled variously in part:?
" Meadow Gold * * * Butter, Contents 1 Lb. * * * Beatrice Creamery?
Company; " " ' Meadow Brook Brand ' One Pound Net; " " Clover Hill Butter?
Contents 1 Lb.; " " Sweet Clover Brand Pasteurized Creamery Butter One?
Pound Net."
Examination of samples of the article by the Bureau-of Chemistry of this?
department showed that it was short weight.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason?
that it was food in package form, and the quantity of the contents was not?
plainly and conspicuously marked on the outs'de of the package.
On April 29, 1922, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf?
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $140 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.