481. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter.    TJ. S. v. 26 Cases and 97
Cases of Peanut Butter.''   Default decrees of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.    (F. D. C. Nos. 1235, 1368.    Sample Nos. 77716-D, 77717-D.)
Samples of this product were found to contain sand and dirt. One lot also 
contained a small amount of ground glass. Both lots were short of the declared 
weight.
On December 22, 1939, and January 17, 1940, the United States attorney 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed libels against 123 cases of peanut 
butter at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about November 8 and 29, 1939, by Producers Peanut Co., Inc., 
from Suffolk, Va.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. The 
article was labeled in part: (Jars) "Jo-Jo Brand [or "Lily Brand"] Peanut 
Butter."
Adulteration was alleged (with respect to one lot) in that it consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance and was otherwise unfit for food; and 
(with respect to the other lot) in that it consisted in whole or in part of a 
filthy substance.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements on the 
labels, (Jo-Jo brand) "1 lb. Net" and (Lily brand) "32 Ozs. Net," were false 
and misleading since they were incorrect. It was alleged to be misbranded 
further in that the article was in package form and its label did not bear an 
accurate statement of the quantity of contents.
On February 27, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.