4245.. Adulteration and misbranding of coconut milk.   U. S. v. 70 Cans Radcliffe's 
Famous Soya Products.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction:
(F. D. C. No. 7136.   Sample No. 63220-B.)
This product was a white powder having an odor and flavor of coconut and 
containing insect fragments and rodent hairs. The ingredient and net weight 
statements were inconspicuous. 
On April 7,1942, the United States attorney for the Western District of Wash- 
ington Eleva libel against 70 cans of Radcliffe's Famous Soya Products at 
Seattle, Wash., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce within the period from on or about October 4 to November 24, 1941, by 
Radcliffe's Famous Soya Products from San Francisco, Calif*; and charging 
that it was adulterated and misbranded.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy substance.
It was alleged to be misbranded (1) in that the statements on the can label, 
"Famous Soya Products Energy Strength Vitality Tropical Cocoanut Milk 
Rich in Vitamins and Minerals Radfeliffe's Cocoanut Milk * * * For Health 
Building. Especially indicated for sufferers from Colitis, Under Weight Weak 
Stomach, Stomach Ulcers, Nerve Exhaustion, Sleeplessness, Convalescents,'' 
V were false and misleading since it was not a famous soya product,; was hot 
i coconut milk, was not rich in vitamins and minerals, and was not especially
indicated in the conditions described; (2) in that it was fabricated from two 
or more ingredients and its label failed to bear ^prominently placed thereon the 
common or usual name of each ingredient and an accurate statement- of the 
quantity of the contents with such conspicuousness (as compared with other 
words and statements on the label) as to render them likely to be read and 
understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase 
and use; and (3) in that it did not purport to be and was not represented as a 
food for which a definition and standard of identity had been prescribed by 
regulations promulgated pursuant to law and its label failed to bear the common 
or usual name of the food.
On July 27, 1942, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.