4477. Adulteration of   peanut   butter.    U.   S.   v.   392   Cases   of   Peanut   Butter.
Default decree  of condemnation and  destruction.    (F.  D.  C. No.  8874. 
Sample No. 508-F.)
This product contained insect parts and fragments, and sand.
On November 11, 1942, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin filed a libel against 392 cases, each containing 24 jars, of peanut butter 
at Wauwatosa, Wis., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about August 31, 1942, by the Millard-United Co., from Chieago, Ill.; 
and charging that it was adulterated-in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy substance, and in that it had been prepared under insanitary conditions 
whereby it might have become contaminated with filth. The article was labeled 
in part:    (Jar) "3 Star Brand   *   *   *   Peanut Butter."
On December 14,1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed*