29816. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. Armour & Co. (Armour Creameries). 
Plea of guilty. Fine, $100. (F. & D. No. 42518. Sample Nos. 55201-C, 
55203-C, 55210-C, 2222-D, 2223-D.)
This product was deficient in milk fat
On July 5, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of South Dakota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Armour & Co., a corporation, trading as Armour Cream- 
eries at Mitchell, S. Dak., alleging shipment by said defendant on or about 
September 29, 1937, and January 24, 1938, from the State of South Dakota into 
the States of Massachusetts and Minnesota, respectively, of quantities of butter 
which was adulterated in violation of the Food and Drugs Act A portion of 
the article was labeled in part: "Goldendale Creamery Butter. Distributed by 
Armour Creameries General Offices Chicago."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product which contained 
less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a 
product which should contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, as 
prescribed by the act of March 4, 1923.
On November 22, 1938, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $100.
HABBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.