920. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter. U. S. v. 60 Cases and 20 
Cases of Peanut Butter (and 5 other seizures of peanut butter). Default 
decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 1921, 1959, 1976, 
1984, 1990, 1991. Sample Nos. 2273-E, 14323-E, 14325-E, 20205-E to 20208-E, 
incl.)
This product was found to contain dirt. Samples taken from 3 of the ship- 
ments were also found to contain rodent hairs or insect fragments, or both. 
The 1-pound size in one of the shipments was short weight.
Between May 10 and May 20, 1940, the United States attorneys for the Dis- 
trict of Rhode Island, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Western 
District of South Carolina filed libels against 80 cases of peanut butter at 
Providence, R. I.; 25 drums at Phoenixville, Pa.; 29 cases at Greenville, S. C.; 
180 cases at Pickens, S. C.; and 45 cases at Seneca, S. C, alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce by the Producers Peanut Co., Inc., from 
Suffolk, Va., within the period from on or about February 21 to on or about 
May 4, 1940; and charging that it was adulterated, and that one lot- was also
misbranded. It was labeled variously: "Jo-Jo P-Nut Butter"; "Producers Jo-Jo 
Brand Peanut Butter * * * Producers Peanut Co. Inc. Suffolk, Va."; or 
"Melton Pure Peanut Butter Distributed by Brownell & Field Co. Providence."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance.
The 1-pound size seized at Pickens, S. C, was alleged to be misbranded in 
that the statement "net wt. 1 lb." was false and misleading since it was incor- 
rect; and in that it was in package form and did not bear an accurate state- 
ment of the quantity of the contents.
Between June 5 and July 15, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.