678. Adulteration of peanut butter.    IT. S. v. 15 Cases of Peanut Butter.    Default
decree  of  condemnation and destruction.     (F.   D.   C.   No.   1266.     Sample 
No. 61499-D.)
Examination of this product showed that it contained sand and dirt.
On December 29, 1939, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana filed a libel against 15 cases of peanut butter at New Orleans, 
La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or 
about November 20, 1939, by Southland Peanut Products Co. from Elba, Ala.; 
and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part 
of a filthy substance. The article was labeled in part: (Jar) "Southland Brand 
Peanut Butter."
On March 18, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.