20461. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. American Dairies, Inc.   Plea of guilty.
Fine of $750, plus costs.    (F. D. C. No. 34848.   Sample Nos. 15224-L, 
44225-L, 44705-L, 44706-L.) 
INFORMATION FILED :    June 9,1953, Western District of Missouri, against Ameri- 
can Dairies, Inc., Kansas City, Mo. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about July 11 and August 7, 1952, from the State
of Missouri into the State of Massachusetts. 
LABEL IN PART:    "Penn Valley Brand   Creamery Butter"  or  "Prairie Rose 
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 fragments, 
fly setae, moth scales, mites, rodent hairs, and rodent hair fragments, and by 
reason of the use of filth-contaminated milk in the manufacture of the article;
and a portion of the article consisted in part of a decomposed substance by 
reason of the use of decomposed cream in its manufacture. 
DISPOSITION:   July 10, 1953.   The defendant having entered a plea of guilty, 
the court fined it $750, plus costs.
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