6379. Adulteration of peanut butter.    U. S. v. Rainer Packing Co.    Plea of guilty.
Fine, $50.    (F. D. C. No. 9695.   Sample No. 32655-F.)
INFORMATION FILED : On February 18, 1944, in the Middle District of Alabama, 
against the Rainer Packing Co., a corporation of Montgomery, Ala.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: From on or about January 12 to 14, 1943, from the State 
of Alabama into the State of Tennessee.
LABEL IN PART :    (Jar) "Brownee Peanut Butter   *    *   *   Brownee Company
* *    *   Montgomery, Alabama."
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of detached 
rat or mouse hair fragments, and rat or mouse excreta fragments with hair 
attached; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: February 24, 1944. The defendant having entered a plea of 
guilty, the court imposed a fine of $50.