2957. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter. TJ. S. v. 33 Cases and 18 
Cases of Peanut Butter. Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.     (F. D. C. No. 6140.    Saniplie No. 70145-E.)
Botli lots of this product contained dirt and insect fragments and the 2-pound 
jars were short of the declared weight.
On November 19, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
North Carolina filed a libel "against 33 cases each containing 29 1-pound jars and 
24 eases each containing 12 2-pound jars of peanut butter at Taylorsville, N. Cr, 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
September 9', 1941, by Jaxon Foods, Inc., from Jacksonville, Fla.; and charging 
that it was adulterated and that a portion was misbranded. The article was 
labeled in part: (Jars) "Besmaid Peanut Butter."
All of the article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy substance.
The 2-pound jars were alleged to be misbranded in that the statement "Net 
Wt. 2 Lb." was false and misleading as applied to an article that was short 
weight,' and in that it was in package form and did not bear a label containing 
an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents.
On December 12, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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