22915. Misbranding of peanut butter. 17. S. v. 175 Cases of Peanut Butter. Default decree of condemnation. Product delivered to welfare organizations. (F. & D. nos. 32862 to 82866, incl. Sample nos. 88879-A, 38884-A.) Sample jars of peanut butter taken from the shipment involved in this case were found to contain less than 9 ounces, the weight declared on the label. On June 12, 1934, the United States attorney for the Southern District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 175 cases of peanut butter, in part at Los Angeles, Calif., and in part at Long Beach, Calif., alleg- ing that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, on or about May 19, 1934, by Preserves & Honey, Inc., from New York, N. Y., and charging mis- branding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. The article was labeled in part: " Princess Pat Peanut Butter Contents 9 Oz. Williamson Candy Co. Chicago-Brooklyn." The libel alleged that the article was misbranded in that the statement " Contents 9 Oz." was false and misleading and deceived and misled the pur- chaser, and for the further reason that the article was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, since the statement made was incorrect. On August 7, 1934, no claimant having apeared for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to chari- table or welfare organizations in view of the fact that it was fit for human consumption. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.