6764. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter.    V.  S. v.  135 Cases of
Peanut Butter (and 2 other seizure actions against peanut butter). 
Default decrees of condemnation. One lot ordered used for hog feed; 
remainder ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 11726, 11914, 12009. Sample 
Nos. 36693-F, 58028-F, 61159-F.)
LIBELS FILED: Between January 28 and March 13, 1944, Eastern District of 
Louisiana, District of Utah, and District of Idaho. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: From on or about September 7, 1942, to November 1, 
1943, by the Sessions Co., Inc., Enterprise, Ala.
?See also Nos. 6651, 6656. 
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at Baton Rouge, La.; 22 cases, each containing 12    2-pound jars, at Salt Lake 
City, Utah; and 32 cases, each containing 24    1-pound jars at Idaho Falls 
Idaho.
The average net weight of the jars of peanut butter at Idaho Falls was 15.66 
ounces.
LABEL IN PART:    (Jars) "Goldcraft Peanut Butter."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), (Baton Rouge and 
Salt Lake City lots) the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy sub- 
stance by reason of the presence of dirt.
Misbranding (Idaho Falls lot), Section 403 (a), the statement which appeared 
on the labeling of the jars, "Net Wt. 1 Lb.," was false and misleading as applied 
to the article, which was short weight; and, Section 403 (e) (2), the product 
was in package form and failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement 
of the quantity of the contents.
DISPOSITION: Between April 15 and June 24,1944, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the Salt Lake City lot was 
ordered used for hog feed, and the remaining lots were ordered destroyed.