22095. Adulteration and misbranding of butter. U. S. v. Sugar Creek 
Creamery Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D. no. 30323. 
Sample no. 33402-A.)
This case involved a shipment of butter, samples of which were found to con- 
tain less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat.
On December 13, 1933, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Sugar Creek Creamery Co., a corpo- 
ration, trading at Pana, Ill., alleging shipment by said company in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act, on or about December 29, 1932, from the State of 
Illinois into the State of Pennsylvania, of a quantity of butter which was adul- 
terated and misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Cartons) "Sugar 
Creek Butter   Sugar Creek Creamery Co.   General Offices Danville, Ill."
It was alleged in the information that the article was adulterated in that a 
product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substi-
tuted for butter, a product which must contain not less than 80 percent of milk 
fat, as provided by the act of March 4, 1923.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement " Butter" borne 
on the label, was false and misleading, and for the further reason that it was 
labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since it was not butter as 
defined by law.
On February 28,1934, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
company, and the court imposed a fine of $100.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.