4869. Adulteration and misbranding of peanut butter;    TJ. S. v. Producers Pea¬
nut Coy Inc.   Plea of gruilty.   Fine, $50.    (F. D. C. No. 6919.    Sample Nos.
, 24517-F, 28731-F.) ' 
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/     This product contained insect fragments, rodent hair fragments, rodent pellet 
fragments, and dirt, and portions were short weight.
On April 21, 1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia filed an information against the Producers Peanut Co., inc., Suffolk,. 
Va., alleging shipment on or about September 29 and October 20,1942, from the 
State of Virginia into the States of Maryland and North Carolina, of quantities 
of peanut butter that was adulterated and misbranded. Portions of the article 
were contained in jars labeled in part: ""Producers netwt. 1 lb. 8 oz.," "Net Wt. 
] Lb.," "Net Wt 12 oz.," or "8 Oz. Net. *. * * Jo-Jo Brand Peanut Butter." 
The remainder was contained in drums labeled in part: "Jo-Jo Peanut Butter,"
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy substance, and in that it had. been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
That portion shipped into the State of North Carolina was alleged to be 
misbranded in that the statements. "Netwt. 1 lb. 8 Oz," "Net Wt. 1 Lb.," or 
"Net Wt. 12 Oz.," borne on a number of the jars were false and misleading since 
the jars contained less than represented, and in that it was in package form 
and did not bear a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the 
contents.
On May 19, 1943, a plea of guilty having been entered on behalf of the de- 
fendant, the court imposed a fine of $50.