'9639. Adulteration of green coffee. V. S. * * * v. 67,193 Pounds * * * 
of Green Coffee. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 15166.    I. S. No. 4929-t.    S. No. C-3122.)
On July 15, 1921, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con- 
demnation of 67,193 pounds, more or less, of green coffee, at Chicago, Ill., alleg- 
ing that the article had been shipped from San Francisco, Calif., on May 27, 
1921, and transported from the State of California into, the State of Illinois, 
and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted wholly or in part of a filthy vegetable substance, and for the further 
reason that it consisted wholly or in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
On July 22, 1921, the United States, attorney having petitioned the court for 
an order- authorizing and directing the condemnation and destruction of the 
product in that it was of a perishable character, was rapidly deteriorating in 
quality, and was in a condition to constitute a nuisance at the warehouse where 
it was stored, it was ordered by the court that the said product be destroyed by 
the United States marshal.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.,