14444. Misbranding- of butter.    V. S. v. Swift ?fc Co.     Plea of gruilty.     Fine,.
$150.     (F. & D. No. 19692.    I. S. No. 23476-v.)
On December 22, 1925, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in. 
the District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
Swift & Co., a corporation, Seattle, Wash., alleging that on or about June 
25, 1925, the said company had sold under a guaranty that the article would 
meet the requirements of the food and drugs act, a quantity of butter which 
was misbranded within the meaning of said act, and that on or about June 
25, 1925, and subsequent to said sale and guaranty, the article was delivered 
by the purchaser thereof to a common carrier at Seattle, Wash., for shipment 
into the Territory of Alaska, in further violation of said act. The article- 
was labeled in part: " Brookfield Creamery Butter Swift & Company * * * 
2 Lbs. Net Weight."
Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of 48 tins- 
of the article showed an average net weight of 1 pound 14.7 ounces.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that the 
statement, to wit, " 2 Lbs. Net Weight," borne on the tins containing the said 
article, was false and misleading, in that the said statement represented 
that the tins each contained 2 pounds of butter, and for the further reason 
that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the 
purchaser into the belief that the tins each contained * 2 pounds of butter, 
whereas they did not but did contain a less amount.
On January 26, 1926, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant Company, and the court imposed a fine of $150.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.