6402. Adulteration of green coffee. U. S. v. 420 Bags and 268 Bags of Green Coffee. Decrees of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 11792. Sample Nos. 41519-F to 41521-F, Incl.) LIBEL FILED:' February 12, 1944, Eastern District of Louisiana. ALLEGED SHIPMENT : From the city of Parangua and the city of Santos, Republic of Brazil; arrived at New Orleans, La., on or about August 2 and October 17, 1943. PRODUCT: 688 bags of green coffee at New Orleans, La., in possession of the Standard Warehouse Co. The coffee was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. The bags had been cut by rodents, and rodent excreta and urine strains were found on them. Examination of samples showed that the product contained rodent excreta, rodent hairs, and insect fragments. VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance; Section 402 (a)(4), it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth. / DISPOSITION : March 9 and 15,1944. The David G. Evans Coffee Co., St. Louis, Mo., claimant for one lot, and Westfeldt Bros., New Orleans, La., claimant for the remaining lot, having admitted the allegations of the respective libels, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be cleaned and reconditioned under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration. All filth was eliminated and the product was thor- oughly cleaned.