484. Adulteration of peanut butter.    U. S. v. 164 Cartons and 75 Cases of Pea¬
nut Butter.    Default decrees of condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C.
Nos. 1031, 1077.    Sample Nos. 47774-D, 47775-D, 47776-D, 78534-D.)
Samples taken from one shipment of this product were found to contain 
dirt; those taken from the other shipment were found to contain dirt, insect 
fragments, and rodent hairs.
On November 20 and 24, 1939, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of West Virginia filed libels against 164 cartons of peanut butter at 
Bluefield, W. Va., and 75 cases of peanut butter at Mullens, W. Va., alleging that 
the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 18 
and October 2, 1939, by Old Reliable Peanut Co. from Suffolk, Va.; and charging 
that it was adulterated in that it contained filthy, putrid, and decomposed sub- 
stances, and was otherwise unfit for food. It was labeled in part: "Golden Tint 
Brand Peanut Butter."
On January 27, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemna- 
tion were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.