10177. Adulteration and misbranding of salted peanuts.     TJ.  S. v.  14 Cases of
Salted   Peanuts. '  Default   decree   of   condemnation   and   destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 9417.    Sample No. 30554-F.)
LIBEL FILED :    March 5,1943, Western District of Washington. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about February 2, 1943, by Reliable Nut Co., from 
Los Angeles, Calif.
PRODUCT:   14 cases, each containing 12 cartons, of salted peanuts at Seattle,
Wash.   Each carton contained 24   1-ounce packages. 
LABEL IN PART:    (Cartons)  "Ingredients—Peanuts, Salt, Pure Vegetable Oil
Royal Seal Salted Peanuts   Spanish   Salted   Peanuts."
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), salted peanuts containing 
mineral oil, had been substituted in whole or in part for salted peanuts contain- 
ing pure vegetable oil, which the product purported and was represented to be. 
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the label statements, "Ingredients—Peanuts, 
Salt, Pure Vegetable Oil" and "Ingredients—Peanuts, Salt, Pure Deg. Oil," 
were false and misleading.
DISPOSITION: June 29, 1943. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.