1841. Adulteration of candy and misbranding of peanut butter.   U. S. v. Dillon
Candy Co. Plea of nolo contendere. Fine, $100. (F. D. C. No. 2948. 
Sample Nos. 646-E, 654-E, 790-E, 791-E, 799-E, 20075-E, 20084-E, 20098-E, 
20249-E, 87797-D, 96510-D.)
This case was based on interstate shipments of candy that was contaminated 
with rodent hairs and insect fragments, and of peanut butter that was short of 
the declared weight.
On April 10, 1941, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Florida filed an information against the Dillon Candy Co., a corporation at Jack- 
sonville, Fla., alleging shipment within the period from on or about July 15 
to on or about August 13, 1940, from the State of Florida into the States of 
Georgia and South Carolina, of quantities of candy that was adulterated; and 
within the period from on or about February 6 to on or about .July 10,1940, from 
the State of Florida into the States of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, of 
peanut butter that was misbranded. The articles were labeled in part: (Candy) 
"Dillon's Peanut Bar," "Dixie Confections," and "50 Dillon's Peanut Bar"; and 
(peanut butter) "Fresh Maid Peanut Butter Net Two Lbs. [or "One Lb."]," 
"Best Ever Brand Peanut Butter Net 16 Oz. [or "2 Lbs." or "32 Oz."]," and 
"Dillon's Peanut Butter   *   *   *   Net Two Lbs. [or "One Lb." or "1 Lb."]."
The candy was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part 
of a filthy substance; and in that it had been prepared under insanitary condi- 
tions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
The peanut butter was alleged to be misbranded in that the statements. "Net 
One Lb.," "Net 1 Lb.," "Net Two Lbs.," "Net 2 Lbs.," "Net 16 Oz.," and "Net 32 
Oz.," were false and misleading since the jars did not contain the amounts 
declared but did contain smaller amounts. It was alleged to be misbranded 
further in that it was in package form and its label did not bear an accurate 
statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight.
On June 9,1941, a plea of nolo contendere having been entered on behalf of the 
defendant, the court imposed a fine of $100.