22085. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     IT. S. v. Inland Products
Co.     Plea   of  guilty.     Fine,  $20.    (F.   &  D.   no.   29507.    Sample  nos. 
1728-A,   1739-A.)
This case was based on two interstate shipments of butter, one of which 
contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat and the other of which 
was short weight.
On April 22, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Inland Products Co., a corporation,^ 
Spokane, Wash., alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act as amended, on or about May 18, and May 24, 1932, from the
State of Washington into the State of Idaho, of two lots of butter, one of 
which was adulterated, and the other misbranded. The article was labeled in 
part: "Inland's Clover-Dale Butter * * * Net Weight 16 Ounces Inland 
Products Co., Spokane."
It was alleged in the information that one lot of butter 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 801 
percent by weight of milk fat as prescribed by the act of March 4, 1923, which 
the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the remaining lot was alleged for the reason that the state- 
ment on the label, " Net Weight 16 Ounces", was false and misleading; and 
for the further reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser, since the packages contained less than 16 ounces.
On March 27, 1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
•company, and the court imposed a fine of $20.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.