527. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. Armour & Co. (Armour Creameries).     Plea
of guilty.     Fine, $10.     (F. D. C. No. 923.    Sample No. 44499-D.)    .
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On April 2, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota 
filed an information against Armour & Co., a corporation trading as Armour 
Creameries at St. Paul, Minn., alleging shipment by said company on or about 
August 9, 1939, from the State of Minnesota into the State of New Jersey, of a 
quantity of butter which was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a valuable constituent, milk 
fat, had been in part omitted, and in that a product which contained less than 
80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter.
On April 2, 1940, a plea of guilty was entered on behalf of the defendant and 
the court imposed a fine of $10.
Nos. 528 to 564, inclusive, of this publication report the seizure and dispo- 
sition of butter which contained less than 80 percent of milk fat. (The act 
of Congress defining butter and providing a standard therefor, which is made 
applicable to the provisions of this act, requires that butter shall contain not 
less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat.)