12987. Adulteration   and misbranding of   peanut   butter.    U.   S.   v.   55   Cases
*    *    *.   (F. D. C. No. 23445.   Sample No. 86770-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   September 9,1947, Eastern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about July 12, 1947, by the Aster Nut Products Co.,
from Evansville, Ind. 
PRODUCT:   55 cases, each containing 24 jars, of peanut butter at Du Quoin, Ill. 
LABEL IN PART :   "Twelve Ounces Net   Blue Bell Brand Peanut Butter."
NATURE or CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect 
fragments; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it may have? become contaminated with filth.
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), the article failed to bear a label con- 
taining an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents. (The article 
was short-weight.)
DISPOSITION :   May 3, 1948.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.