29905. Adulteration of butter.     U. S. v. Chesapeake Creameries, Inc.    Plea of
guilty.    Fine, $10 and costs.    (F. & D. No. 40800.    Sample Nos. 57105-C.
57106-C, 57139-C.)
This product contained less than 80 percent of milk fat.
On June 16, 1938, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court an information against the Chesapeake Creameries, Inc., Baltimore, Md., 
alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act 
en or about October 12, 13, and 15, 1937, from the State of Maryland into the 
State of New York of quantities of butter that was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that a product which contained 
less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat had been substituted for butter, a 
product which should contain not less than 80 percent by weight of milk fat, 
as prescribed by act of March 4, 1923.
On December 15,1938, the defendant having entered a plea of guilty, the court 
imposed a fine of $10 and costs.
HAEBY L. BEOWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.