20723. Adulteration of butter.   U. S. v. Beatrice Foods Co.   Plea of guilty.
Fine, $1,000.    (F. D. C. No. 34846.    Sample Nos. 36205-L, 36575-L.)
INFORMATION FILED : August 6, 1953, Southern District of Indiana, against the 
Beatrice Foods Co., a corporation, Vincennes, Ind.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of May 16 and July 31, 
1952, from the State of Indiana into the States of Illinois and Kentucky.
LABEL IN PART: (Cases and boxes) "Tip Top Creamery Co. Vincennes, In- 
diana."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect fragments, 
fly fragments, fly setae, ants, rodent hair fragments, feather barbules, cow 
hairs, dung fragments, and plant fragments, and by reason of the manufacture 
of the article from filthy and decomposed cream.
DISPOSITION: February 12, 1954. The defendant having entered a plea of 
guilty, the court fined it $1,000.