8193. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter.    IT. S. v. 50 Cases and 25
Cases of Peanut Butter.    Default decree of condemnation and destruc- 
tion.     (F. D. C. No. 6862.    Sample No. 83361-E.)
This product Contained dirt, and a portion was also short weight.
On February 12, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana filed a libel against 50 cases each containing 24 6-ounce jars and 25 
cases each containing 24 12-ounce jars of peanut butter at New Orleans, La., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
January 28, 1942, by Sessions Co., Inc., from Enterprise, Ala.; and charging that 
it was adulterated and that a portion was also misbranded. It was labeled in 
part: "Goldcraft Peanut Butter/'
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part 
of a filthy substance.
A portion of the article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement 
"Net Wt. 12 Ozs." 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 con- 
taining an accurate statement of the quantity of contents.
On March 25, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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