17963. Adulteration of butter. U. S. v. Hoelscher Creamery & Dairy. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. (F. D. C. No. 30580. Sample No. 91107-K.) INFORMATION FILED : April 24,1951, District of South Dakota, against Hoelscher Creamery & Dairy, a partnership, Lennox, S. Dak. ALLEGED VIOLATION: On or about October 23, 1947, the defendant gave to a firm engaged in the business of shipping butter in interstate commerce, at Sioux Falls, S. Dak., a guaranty to the effect that all food products sold or shipped by the defendant to the holder of the guaranty would be neither adulterated nor misbranded within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. On or about September 25, 1950, the defendant shipped and delivered a number of boxes of butter to the holder of the guaranty, at Sioux Falls, S. Dak., which was adulterated. NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments, rodent hairs, moth scales, and manure, and by reason of the use of filth- contaminated cream in the preparation of the product. DISPOSITION : November 29, 1951. A plea of guilty having been entered, the court imposed a fine of $50. CHEESE