3944- Adulteration of coffee.   U. S. v. 10 Sacks of Eoasted Coffee   *   *   *.   Consent decree?
of condemnation and forfeiture.   Product ordered released on bond.   (F. & D. No.
5627.   I. S. No. 8021-h.    S.No. E-8.)
On March. 13, 1914, the United States attorney for the Western District of North?
Carolina, 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 10 sacks, each of which purported to contain 50 pounds of roasted coffee, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at V/inston-Salem, N. C., alleging that the?
product had been shipped on or about February 2, 1914, and transported from the?
State of New York into the State of North Garolina, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled in part: "XXX-?
Taylor Gro. Co., Winston-Salem, N. C."    "Roasted Coffee?Coated with Dextrin."
It was alleged in the libel thai the sacks contained roasted coffee containing quakera?
or light beans and black beans and treated in such manner as to conceal inferiority,?
and which rendered such roasted coffee unfit for food and which was adulterated?
thereby.
On December 11, 1914, the Brazil Syndicate R. & B. Co., Inc., New York, N, Y.,?
claimant, having admitted the allegations in the libel, and having consented to a?
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product should be restored to said claimant upon payment of the?
costs of the proceedings and the execution of bond in the sum of $200, in conformity?
with section 10 of the act,
CARL YROOMAN, Acting /Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June SO, 1915.
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