8068. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter.    XJ. S. v. Texas Peanut
Products Co. Plea of guilty. Fine, $160. (F. D. C. No. 12522. Sample No. 
41416-F.)
INDICTMENT RETURNED : September 26, 1944, Southern District of Texas, against 
the Texas Peanut Products Co., a corporation, Houston, Tex.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about September 23, 1943, from the State of Texas
into the State of Louisiana. 
LABEL IN PART:    (Jars) "Rich in The B Vitamin.   Tom Sawyer Peanut Butter
*    *    *   Net Wt. 2 Pounds [or "% Pound," or "1 Pound"]."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product con- 
sisted in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rat and mouse 
excreta pellet fragments containing hairs, and insect fragments; and. Sec- 
tion 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared, packed, and held under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements, "Net Wt. 2 Pounds 
[or "1 Pound," or "% Pound"]," were false and misleading as applied to 
the product, which was short-weight; and, Section 403 (e), the product 
failed to bear a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity of 
the contents of the jars.
DISPOSITION: March 8, 1945. A plea of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendant, a fine of $160 was imposed on all 4 counts.