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Article: Cream doesn't pay. (sentencing for soybean oil sold as cream)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
- Author:
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A Wyndmere, N.D., husband and wife learned that "cream doesn't pay"--at least not if a cheaper fat is used in place of the real thing. The couple were sentenced to probation, fines and community service for selling soybean oil labeled as "farm cream."
Clayton Rawhouser, 46, was sentenced Feb. 6, 1996, to two years' supervised probation, plus two and a half months in jail (which he served while awaiting sentencing), and 50 hours of community service. He also was ordered to pay a $75 special assessment. Janice Rawhouser, 45, was sentenced Nov. 28, 1995, to six months' unsupervised probation, fined $250, and ordered to pay a $50 assessment.
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