674. Adulteration  and misbranding of peanut  butter.     V.  S.  v.  122  Cases,  99
Cases, and 19 Cases of Peanut Butter. Default decrees of condemnation 
and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 1312, 1411, 1442. Sample Nos. 61076-D, 
61506-D, 61798-D.)
Examination of this product showed that it contained sand and clay. One 
portion was also short of the declared weight.
On January 9 and February 12, 1940, the United States attorney for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana filed libels against 240 cases of peanut butter at 
New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce within the period from on or about November 3, 1939, to on or about 
January 5, 1940, by Sessions Co., Inc., from Enterprise, Ala.; and charging 
that it was adulterated and that one shipment was also misbranded. Portions 
of the article were labeled in part: (Jars) "Armour's Star 1 Lb. Net Pure 
Peanut Butter Armour and Company * * * Distributors"; or "Dubon 
Brand Peanut Butter * * * Distributed by Dubon Company New Orleans, 
La. 8 Ounces." One lot was labeled in part: (Case) ."Gold Craft Peanut 
Butter."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
One shipment was alleged to be misbranded -in that the statement on the 
jar label, "8 Ounces," was false and misleading since it was incorrect; and 
in that it was in package form and did not bear an accurate statement of the 
quantity  of contents.
On March 27, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgments of condemnation 
were entered and the product was ordered destroyed.