1351. Misbranding of peanut butter.     U. S. v. 70 Cases of Peanut Butter.    De¬
fault decree of condemnation.    Product ordered distributed to charitable 
institutions.     (F. D. C. No. 1878.    Sample No. 10192-E.)
This product was short weight.
On April 25, 1940, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey 
filed a libel against 70 cases of peanut butter at Newark, N. J., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about February 12, 1940; 
by Producers Peanut Co., Inc., from Suffolk, Va.; and charging that it was 
misbranded. It was labeled in part: (Jars) "The Better Grade Co Peanut 
Butter Contents 12 Ozs. Net Wt. Uco Food Corp. Distributors Newark, N. J."
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
"Contents 12 Ozs. Net Wt.," was false and misleading since it was not correct; 
and in that it was in package form and failed to bear an accurate statement of 
the quantity of the contents.
On December 21, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and it was ordered that the labels be destroyed and the pro- 
duct distributed to charitable institutions.