14012. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     U. S. v. Yeringrton Cream 
ery  Co.     Plea  of  guilty.     Fine, $75.     (F. & D.  No.  19677.    I.  S. Nos 
20193-v,  20508-v,  20509-v.)
On November 30, 1925, the United States attorney for the District of Nevada, 
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 Yerington 
Creamery Co., a corporation, Yerington, Nev., alleging shipment by said 
company, in violation of the food and drugs act, in two consignments, namely, 
on or about January 16 and February 9, 1925, respectively, from the State of 
Nevada into the State of California, of quantities of butter which was 
adulterated and misbranded. A portion of the article was labeled in part: 
" Pasteurized Creamery Butter * * * From Yerington Creamery Mason, 
Nevada." The remainder of the said article was labeled in part: " Finest 
Creamery Butter." 
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that a product which contained less than 80 per cent by weight of milk 
fat had been substituted for butter, a product which should contain not less 
than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat as prescribed by law, which the said 
article purported to be.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement, to wit, " Butter," 
borne on the packages containing the article, was false and misleading, in that 
the said statement represented that the article was butter, to wit, a product 
which should contain not less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat as 
prescribed by law, whereas it was a product which did not contain 80 per 
cent by weight of milk fat but did contain a less amount.
On December 17, 1925, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $75.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.