22078. Adulteration of butter.      V. S. v. Paul A. Schulze Co.      Plea of nolo
contendere. Fine, $300 and costs. (F. & D. no. 27462. I. S. nos. 
16531, 30366, 31013, 31014, 33945, 34107.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of butter which contained less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat.
On April 6, 1932, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Paul A. Schulze Co., a corporation, St. 
Louis, Mo., alleging shipment by said company between the dates of May 27, 
1931, and June 17, 1931, from the State of Missouri, in part into the State of 
New York and in part into the District of Columbia, of quantities of butter 
which was adulterated. The article was labeled variously: " Sunshine Valley 
Butter * * * Packed Exclusively For Sunshine Valley Product Co., St. 
Louis, Mo.", " Jersey Belle Creamery Butter * * * Paul A. Schulze Go., St. 
Louis, Mo." ; " Blue Ribbon Brand Creamery Butter * * * David W. Lewis 
& Co., New York City."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that a 
product which contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been 
substituted for butter, a product which should contain not less than 80 percent 
by weight of milk fat as prescribed by the act of March 4,1923, which the article 
purported to be.
On April 28, 1934, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of the 
defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $300 and costs.
M. L. WILSON, Actinff Secretary of Agriculture.