Mixed Buts Bag

On the other hand, modifying words like "fancy" or "choice" do not necessarily mean anything. In a federal case against "fancy mixed nuts" that were thought to be an inferior grade, U.S. v. 25 Bags of Nuts, N.J. #4329 (1915), the court declined to accept a trade standard: "It seems to me that until the Department establishes a set standard of quality ... it would be altogether unsafe ... to make them amenable to such a vague and indefinite standard as I understand the Government seeks to establish by the testimony of men engaged in the business of handling nuts."