12621. Misbranding- of butter.     IT. S. v. Ravenna Creamery Co., a Corpora 
tion. Plea of guilty.- Fine, $10. (F. & D. No. 18588. I. S. No. 
12101-v.)
On July 15, 1924, the United States attorney for the District of Nebraska, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Ravenna Creamery Co., a corporation, Ravenna, Nebr., alleging shipment by 
said company in violation of the food and drugs act as amended, on or about 
December 15, 1923, from the State of Nebraska into the State of Wyoming, 
of a quantity of butter which was misbranded. The article was labeled 
in part: " Standard of Excellanee Ravenna Creamery Co. Ravenna, Nebraska 
*?    *    *    One Pound Net Weight."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 120 pack- 
ages of the article showed that the average net weight of the product ex- 
amined was 15.7 ounces.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, " One Pound Net Weight," borne on the packages 
containing the said article, was false and misleading in that the said statement 
represented that each of the packages contained 1 pound net weight of butter, 
and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and 
mislead the purchaser into the belief that each of the said packages contained 
1 pound net weight of butter, whereas, in truth and in fact, each of said 
packages did not contain 1 pound net weight of butter but did contain a less 
amount. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the ariicle 
was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly 
and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package.
On August 26, 1924, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
HOWAED M. GOKE, Secretary of Agriculture,