15103. Adulteration and alleged misbranding1 of coffee. TJ. S. v. 4 Dinw 
of Coffee, Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and dej 
Mtruction.     (b\ & D  No. 21629.     I. S. No. 11747-x.    S. No. C-5318.) i
On February 11, 1927, the United States attorney for the Eastern Distrie 
of Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in til 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure afl$ 
condemnation of 4 drums ot coffee, remaining in the original unbroken pack 
ages at Tenaha, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Diamond 
Coffee Mills, Shreveport, La , on or about December 28, 1926, and transports 
from the State of Louisiana into the State of Texas, and charging adulter^ 
tion and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article wa 
labeled in part " Packed by Diamond Coffee Mills, Shreveport, La. Coffee nn\ 
Chicory."

Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that cereal 
had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower and injv 
riously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted wholly or 1 
part for the said article.
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Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation, " Coffee aij 
Chicory," was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchase 
and for the further reason that it was an imitation of and was offered for sai 
under the distinctive name of another article, coffee and chicory. 
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On April 5, 1927, no claimant having appeared for the property, a decree 
was entered, adjudging the product adulterated, and ordering its condemns 
tion, forfeiture, and destruction. 
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W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture. %