3929. Adulteration and misbranding of cocoanut.   U. S. v. 30 Pails of Cocoanut.   Product?
released on bond.   (F. & D. No. 4601.   S. No. 1534.)
On October 1, 1912, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, acting?
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United?
States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 30 pails of cocoanut?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession of Lang & Co.,?
Portland, Oreg., alleging that the product had been shipped on or about August 28?
and September 5, 1912, by the Pacific Cocoanut Co., San Francisco, Cal., and trans??
ported from the State of California into the State of Oregon, and charging adulteration?
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.   The product was labeled:
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BUREAU   OF  CHEMISTRY.	
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"Pioneer Brand Cocoanut Manufactured by Pacific Cocoanut Co. San Francisco,?
Calif.    U. S. A. L. and Co. Portland."
Adulteration and misbranding of the product were alleged in the libel for the reason?
that glucose had been mixed therewith and packed with it so as to reduce, lower,?
and injuriously affect its quality and strength, and for the further reason that glucose?
had been substituted in part for cocoanut.
On October 9, 1912, the case having come on for hearing, it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be released and delivered to the Pacific Cocoanut Co.,?
claimant, upon payment of the costs of the proceedings, amounting to $15.74, and?
the execution of bond in the sum of $200 in conformity with section 10 of the act.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 18, 1914-