19836. Misbranding of   butter.    V.   S.   v.  Twin   City   Creamery   Co.   (Inc
Plea of guilty.    Fine, $50.     (F. & D. No. 26699.    I. S. No. 12537.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of a quantity of butter, 
sample cartons of which were found to contain less than 1 pound, the declared 
weight.
On November 23, 1931, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Washington, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid an information 
against the Twin City Creamery Co. (Inc.), a corporation, Kennewick, Wash., 
alleging shipment by said company in violation of the food and drugs act as 
amended, on or about May 25, 1931. from the State of Washington into the 
State of Oregon, of a quantity of butter that was misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: " One Pound Net Weight Manufactured by Twin City Creamery 
Co., Kennewick, Washington."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that the 
statement " One Pound Net Weight," borne on the packages, was false and mis- 
leading, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the said packages did not contain 1 
pound net of butter but did contain a less amount. Misbranding was alleged 
for the further reason that the article was food in package form and failed to 
bear a plain and conspicuous statement of the quantity of the contents on the 
outside of the package, since the statement made was incorrect.
On May 4, 1932, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf of 
the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
HENRY A. WALLACE, Secretary of Agriculture.