12193. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter.    TJ. S. v. Witwer Grocer
Co. (I. O. A. Foods), a corporation, and Ross E. Grange.    Pleas of guilty. 
Corporation fined $250 and costs;  individual fined $50.     (F. D. C. No.
22104.    Sample Nos. 77516-H, 77517-H.)
INFORMATION FILED : September 25,1947, Northern District of Iowa, against the 
Witwer Grocer Company, trading as I. O. A. Foods, and Ross E. Grange, man- 
ager of I. O. A. Foods.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about February 17,1947, from the State of Iowa into 
the State of Wisconsin.
LABEL, IN PART: (Cartons) "Peanut Butter * * * Taste-Bite Brand 
* * * Finest No. 1 Peanuts"; (jars) "Taste-Kite Brand Net Weight 2 Lbs. 
[or "6 Ozs."] Peanut Butter   Finest No. 1 Peanuts."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration', Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects and insect 
fragments.
Misbranding, Section 403 (a), the statement on the cartons and jars "Finest 
No. 1 Peanuts" was false and misleading, since the product was not manufac- 
tured from peanuts of high quality, but was manufactured from insect-infested 
peanuts.
DISPOSITION : September 25, 1947. Pleas of guilty having been entered on behalf 
of the defendants, the corporation was fined $250, plus costs, and the individ- 
ual defendant was fined $50.