16216.  Adulteration and Misbranding of coffee.     17. S. v. 10 Cans of Cottee. 4
Decree    of   condemnatioa   and   forfeiture    entered.     Product   re- j
leased   under   bond.     (F.   &   D.   No.   21020.    I.   S.   No.   9833-x.    S.   No. i
C-5070.)
On April 14, 1926, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 10 cans of coffee, remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
San Augustine, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Cuban 
Coffee Mills, Shreveport, La., on or about March 11, 1926, and transported from 
the State of Louisiana into the State of Texas, and charging adulteration and i 
misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in i 
part: (cases) "Cuban S. P. B. Blend," (cans) "Packed by Cuban Coffee Mills, - 
Shreveport, La."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that a^ sub- 
stance, chicory, had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and lower
and injuriously affect its quality and strength and had been substituted wholly 
or in part for the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " S. P. B. Blend " 
was false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and in that 
the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On September 7, 1926, the Cuban Coffee Mills, Shreveport, La., having ap- 
peared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product might be released 
to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the exe- 
cution of a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that it not be sold or otherwise 
disposed of contrary to law.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.