S. No. 59. F. & D. No. ISO. Issued June 27,1910. United States Department of Agriculture, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 407, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF COFFEE. During the period from September 30, 1907, to May 27, 1908, the? Reily-T.aylor Company, of New Orleans, La., made various shipments? from said State of Louisiana to the State of Alabama of a food prod?? uct labeled "Luzianne Coffee." Samples of this product were pro?? cured and analyzed by the Bureau of Chemistry, United States? Department of Agriculture, and as the findings of the analyst and? report thereon indicated that the product was liable to seizure under? section 10 of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the facts? to the United States attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.? In due course a libel was filed in the District Court of the United? States for the Middle District of Alabama against 7 original cases of? Luzianne Coffee, each case containing 24 4-pound cans; 10 original? cases, each containing 50 2-pound cans; 11 original cases, each con?? taining 100 1-pound cans; 15 original cases, each containing 60? 1-pound cans; and 8 original cases, each containing 16 4-pound cans,? each of said original cases being branded as follows: "Luzianne? Coffee?The Reily-Taylor Co., New Orleans, U. S. A.," charging the? above shipment and alleging that said coffee was adulterated, in that? a foreign substance, to wit, chicory, had been mixed and packed with? the said coffee so as to reduce, lower, and injuriously affect its? quality and strength, and that a substance, to wit, chicory, had been? substituted in part for said coffee; that said product was misbranded,? in that the said original cases were branded ' 'Luzianne Coffee," when,? in truth and in fact, said cases contained cans which were branded? "Luzianne Roasted Coffee and Chicory," the branding of said cases? being calculated to deceive and mislead purchasers; and further? charging that the said original cases were misbranded, in that they? were branded "Luzianne Coffee," when, in truth and in fact, said? original cases contained Luzianne roasted coffee and chicory.