1182. Adulteration of  peanut  butter.     V.   S.   v.   279   Cases   of  Peanut  Butter.
Default  decree of condemnation  and  destruction.     (F.  D.   C.  No.   2343.
Sample No. 15461-E.)
This product contained dirt.
On July 13, 1940, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee filed a libel against 279 cases of peanut butter at Memphis, Tenn., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about 
June 6 and 15, 1940, by the J. D. Johnston, Jr., Co. from Brundidge, Ala.; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of 
a filthy substance, namely, dirt, which rendered it unfit for food. The article 
was labeled in part: "Johnston's Brand Peanut Butter."
On August 5, 1940, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.