81039. Adulteration of butter.     XT. S. v. St. Stephens Cooperative Creamery Asso¬
ciation.    Plea of guilty.    Fine,- $25.     (F.  & D. No. 42762.    Sample Nos. 
61542-D, 51734-D.)
This case involved a shipment of butter which contained less than 80 percent 
by weight of milk fat.
On February 26, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Minne- 
sota, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district
court an information against St. Stephens Cooperative Creamery Association, 
a corporation, St. Stephens, Minn., alleging shipment by said defendant in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about April 22, 1939, from the 
State of Minnesota into the State of Pennsylvania of a quantity of butter 
which was adulterated.
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.
On February 26,1940, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant 
and the court imposed a fine of $25.
GBOVEB B. Hnx, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.