1836. Misbranding of peanuts.    V. S. v. 15 Cases of Vacuum Packed Fresh Way
Peanuts.    Default decree of condemnation.    Product ordered delivered 
to a charitable institution.    (F. D. C. No. 3694.   Sample No. 21295-E.)
This product occupied less than 80 percent of the volume of its container 
and it was also short of the declared weight.
On January 21, 1941, the United States attorney for the District of Nevada 
filed a libel against 15 cases of peanuts at Reno, Nev., alleging that the article 
had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about September 26, 1940, by 
the J. M. Springer Co. from San Francisco, Calif ; and charging that it was 
misbranded.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that its containers were so 
made, formed, or filled as to be misleading.
It was alleged to be misbranded further in that the statement "Contents 4 
Ounces," borne on the label, was false and misleading since it was incorrect; 
and in that it was in package form and did not bear an accurate statement 
of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight.
On February 25, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered delivered to a charitable 
institution.