30946. Misbranding of butter.     U. S. -v.  Swift & Go.    Plea of nolo contendere. 
Fine, $125.    (F. & D. No. 42689.   Sample No. 50206-D.)
This product was short weight.
Ou August 19, 1939, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court an information against Swift & Co., a corporation having a place 
of business at West Point, Miss., alleging shipment by said corporation in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act on or about December 1, 1938, from the 
State of Mississippi into the State of Alabama of a quantity of butter which 
was misbranded.   The article was labeled in part: "Swift's Brookfield Butter."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements "1 lb. Net 
Weight" and "32 Lbs. Net," borne on the retail cartons and shipping cartons, 
respectively, were false and misleading and tended to deceive and mislead pur- 
chasers, since the said cartons contained less than the amount declared. Mis- 
branding was alleged further in that the article was food in package form and 
the quantity of contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the 
outside of the package.
On October 10, 1939, a plea of nolo contendere was entered on behalf of the 
defendant and the court imposed a fine of $125.
GKOVEB B. HUL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.