12416. Adulteration of Peanut Butter Dots and Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwiches.
U. S. v. 91 Cartons, etc.  (and 2 other seizure actions).    (F. D. C. Nos. 
23145 to 23147, incl.   Sample Nos. 65985-H, 65986-H, 65990-H, 65992-H.)
LIBELS FILED :   Between May 28 and June 6, 1947, District of New Jersey.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about April 22 and 29, 1947, by Rite Bite Food 
Products, from Philadelphia, Pa.
PRODUCT: 23 cartons of Peanut Butter Dots and 68 cartons of Peanut Butter 
Cheese Sandwiches at Lambertville, 44 cartons of Peanut Butter Cheese 
Sandwiches at Toms River, and 33 cartons of Peanut Butter Dots at Margate 
City, N. J.   Each carton of both products contained 24   1-ounce packages.
LABEL IN PART: "Rite Bite Food Products Peanut Butter Dots," or "Rite- 
Bite  Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwiches."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence (Peanut But- 
ter Dots) of rodent hairs and cat hairs and (Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwiches) 
of insect fragments and rodent hairs; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had been 
prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: June 27 and July 3, 1947. Default decrees of condemnation and 
destruction.