7489. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter.    TJ. S. v. 48 Cases and 86
Cases of Peanut Butter.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 13227.    Sample Nos. 69337-F, 69338-F.)
LIBEL FILED :    On or about August 21,1944, District of Montana.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about January 1, 1944, by the Rainer Packing Co.,
from Montgomery, Ala. 
PRODUCT:    48 cases, each containing 24 jars, and 86 cases, each containing 12
jars, of peanut butter at Billings, Mont. 
LABEL IN PART:   "Net Contents 1 Lb. [or "2 Lbs."] Brownee Peanut Butter." 
VIOLATIONS CHARGED:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (3), the product consisted
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of dirt. 
Misbranding (48 cases), Section 403 (a), the statement "Net Contents 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 it failed to bear
a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents. 
DISPOSITION :   September 18, 1944.   No claimant having appeared, judgment of
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.