24569. Misbranding of butter.     IT. S. v. Southern Maid Dairy Products Corpo¬
ration.    Plea  of guilty.    Fine,  $10.    (F.  & D.   no.  33887.    Sample no. 
76516-A.)
Sample cartons of butter taken from the shipment involved in this case 
were found to contain less than 1 pound, the weight declared on the label.
On January 16, 1935, the United States attorney for the "Western District of 
Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the
district court an information against the Southern Maid Dairy Products 
Corporation, Bristol, Va., alleging shipment by said' company in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act as amended, on or about June 4, 1934, from the State of 
Virginia into the State of Tennessee of a quantity of butter which was mis- 
branded. The article was labeled in part: "Southern Maid Fresh Creamery 
Butter Southern Maid Dairy Products Corp. * * * Bristol, Va. * * * 
One Pound Net."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement, "One Pound 
Net", borne on the carton, was false and misleading, and' for the further reason 
that it was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the 
cartons contained less than 1 pound of the article. Misbranding was alleged 
for the further reason that the article was food in package form and the 
quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the out- 
side of the package, since the cartons contained less than represented.
On April 10, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered' on behalf of the defendant 
company and the court imposed a fine of $10.
W. R. GHEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.