4335.   Adulteration and misbranding of eoffiee.    U. S. v. 15 Sacks of Coffee.?
Default    decree    of    condemnation,   forfeiture,    and    destruction.
(F. & D. No. 5607.    I. S. No. 8008-h.    S. No. 2131.)
On March 4, 1914, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Virginia, 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 15 sacks, each containing 50 pounds, of coffee, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Petersburg, Va., alleging that the?
product had been shipped on or about January 17, 1914, and transported from?
the State of New York into the State of Virginia, and charging adulteration?
and misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Each of the sacks?
was labeled, in part: " Bed Rock Rio ?A?   *    *    *."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted of an excessive amount of rotten and decomposed berries, which?
mixture had been coated or glazed in such manner as to conceal damage and?
inferiority.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the article was labeled " Red?
Rock Rio," when, in fact, it consisted of a mixture of coffee and decomposed?
and rotten berries, which had been coated or glazed in such manner as to con??
ceal inferiority.
On October 4, 1915, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CARL VBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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