15724. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. The Quaker City Co-Operative Creamery
Co. and Ira W. Hartley. Pleas of guilty. Fine of $3,000 against com- 
pany and $1,000 against individuaL (F. D. C. No. 28163. Sample Nos. 
51858-K, 51861-K, 51862-K.)
INFORMATION FILED: October 26, 1949, Southern District of Ohio, against the 
Quaker City Co-Operative Creamery Co., a corporation, Quaker City, Ohio, 
and Ira W. Hartley, secretary and treasurer of the corporation.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about July 11, 1949, from the State of Ohio into the
State of West Virginia. 
LABEL IN PART:    "Quaker City   Butter."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, insect and fly 
fragments, and rodent hair fragments; Section 402 (a) (4), it had been pre- 
pared and packed under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become 
contaminated with filth; Section 402 (b) (1), a valuable constituent, milk 
fat, had been in part omitted from the article; and, Section 402 (b) (2), a 
product which contained less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been 
substituted for butter.
DISPOSITION : December 2,1949. Pleas of guilty having been entered, the court 
imposed a fine of $3,000 against the company and a fine of $1,000 against the 
individual.
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