25934. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.    U. S. v. Jefferson Creamery,
Inc.   Plea of guilty.   Fine, $25.    (F. & D. no. 37057.   Sample no. 53052-B.)
This case involved a shipment of butter that was deficient in milk fat.
On July 25, 1936, the United States attorney for the Middle District of 
Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the dis- 
trict court an information against the Jefferson Creamery, Inc., trading at 
Americus, Ga., alleging that on or about February 10, 1936, the defendant 
shipped from Americus, Ga., into the State of Florida a number of packages of 
butter, and that the article was adulterated and misbranded in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: "Land O Sunshine 
Creamery Butter   *    *    *   Jefferson Creamery, Americus, Georgia."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a substance containing less 
than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a product 
which must contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, which the 
article purported to be.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Butter", 
borne on the packages and wrappers, was false and misleading and in that it 
was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser.
On July 25, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant and 
the court imposed a fine of $25.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.