16761. Adulteration of   butter.     U.   S.   v.   George   Freese's   Sons.     Plea   of
guilty.     Fine, $100 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 23728.    I. S. No. 20716-x.)
On June 1, 1929, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Indiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
George Preese's Sons, a corporation, Nappanee, Ind.. alleging shipment by said 
defendant, in violation of the food and drugs act, on or about March 10, 1928. 
from the State of Indiana into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of 
butter which was adulterated.
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that a 
Product which contained less than 80 per cent by weight of milk fat had been 
substituted for butter, which should contain not less than 80 per cent by weight 
?f milk fat, as prescribed by the act of March 4. 1923, which the said article 
Purported to be.
On July 15, 1929, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the information, 
and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
ARTHUR M  HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.