31011. Adulteration and misbranding of butter.     V. S. v. Clifford R. Farnsworth
(Clearwater Creamery Co.). Plea of guilty. Fine, $48. (F. & D. No. 
42772.    Sample Nos. 64616-D, 64617-D, 64619-D.)
This product contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat. Moreover, 
its containers failed to bear a statement of the quantity of the contents.
On October 20, 1939, the* United States attorney for the District of Idaho, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Clifford R. Farnsworth, trading as Clearwater Creamery 
Co., at Lewiston, Idaho, alleging shipment by said defendant within the period 
from on or about May 19, 1939, to on or about May 24, 1939, from the State 
of Idaho into the State of Washington, of quantities of butter which was 
adulterated and misbranded.
Adulteration was alleged 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.
Misbranding was alleged in that the article was food in package form and 
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the packages.
On November 6, 1939, a plea of guilty was entered by the defendant and the 
court imposed a fine of $48.
GEOVEE B. HILL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.