24718. Adulteration of butter. IT. S. v. Calbonn Creamery Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $25. (F. & D. no. 33943. Sample no. 70737-A.) This case was based on a shipment of butter that contained less than 80 percent of milk fat. On March 11, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court an information against the Calhoun Creamery Co., a corporation, Church, 49404—36 2 Iowa, alleging shipment by said company in violation of the Food and Drugs Act on or about June 9, 1934, from the State of Iowa into the State of New York of a quantity of butter which was adulterated. The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a prod- uct which must contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, as required by the act of Congress of March 4, 1923, which the article purported to be. On May 7, 1935, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant company and the court imposed a fine of $25. W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.