31092. Adulteration of butter.     TJ.  S.   v.  The "Valley  Creamery, Inc.     Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $25 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 42780.    Sample No. 60634-D.)
This product contained less than the required 80 percent of milk fat.
On November 13, 1939, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Virginia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against the Valley Creamery, Inc., Harrisonburg, 
Va., alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about May 21, 1939, from the State of Virginia into the State of New 
York, of a quantity of butter.
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.
On March 28,1940, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant ana 
the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
PAUL V. MCNUTT, Administrator.