26844. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     U. S. v. Rowan Creamery, Inc.
Plea of guilty.     Fine, $50.     (F. & D. no. 37950.    Sample no. 48868-B.)
This product was deficient in milk fat and the label failed to bear a correct 
statement of the quantity of the contents.
On September 14, 1936, the United States attorney for the Middle District 
of North Carolina, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court an information against Rowan Creamery, Inc., Salisbury, 
N. C, alleging that on or about February 22, 1936, said defendant had shipped 
from the State of North Carolina into the State of South Carolina a quantity 
of butter that was adulterated and misbranded in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: "Guernsey Gold 
Creamery Butter One Pound Net When Packed Rowan Creamery, Inc., 
Salisbury, N. C."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that a product containing less than 
80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
It was alleged to be misbranded in that it was food in package form and 
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on 
the outside of the package since the statement made was not correct.
On October 19, 1936, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of,$50.
W. R. GEEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.