5083. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter.    U. S. v. 40 Cases of Peanut Butter
(and 3 additional seizure actions against peanut butter). Default decrees of con- 
demnation. Portion of product ordered delivered to a Federal institution for use as 
hog feed; remainder ordered destroyed. (F. D. C. Nos. 9341, 9342, 9827; 9945. Sample 
Nos. 28451-F, 28452-F, 36064-F, 36Ill-F, 36113-F.) 
This product contained dirt, and portions also contained rodent hairs, insect frag- 
ments and grit.
On February 10 and May 31, 1943, the United States attorneys for the Southern 
District of Georgia and the District of Wyoming filed libels against 62 cases, each
case containing jars' of various sizes,-of peanut butter at Augusta, Ga.,; and, 105 pases,
)each-case containing jars of various sizes, of peanut butter at Rawlins, Wyo., alleging 
that .the article had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from/on 
or about October 30, 1942, to January ,8, 1943, by the Jaxon Foods, Inc., from 
Jacksonville, Fla.; and charging that it was adulterated and misbranded. 
- On April 21, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado filed a 
libel against 82 cases, each case containing jars of various sizes, of peanut butter at 
Denver, Colo., which had been shipped by the Jaxon Foods, Inc., of Jacksonville, 
Fla., alleging that the article had been shipped on or about June 27, 1942, from 
Jacksonville, Fla.; and charging that it was adulterated: The article was labeled in 
part: "Besmaid Peanut Butter * * *," "Meadow Lark Peanut Butter * * *," or 
"Little Moore Brand 'Its Good' Peanut Butter." It was alleged to be adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance. The lot located at 
Augusta, Ga., was alleged to be adulterated further in that it had been prepared 
under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. 
The" 12-ounce jars were alleged to be misbranded in that the statement appearing 
on the labeling, "Net Wt. 12 Ozs.," was false and misleading since it was short 
of the declared weight, and in that it was in package form and failed to bear a 
label containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents.
Between May 6 and August 5, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the lots located at Augusta, Ga., were ordered 
delivered to a Federal' institution for use as hog feed, and the remaining lots were 
ordered destroyed.