20353. Adulteration of green coffee. U. S. v. 12 Bags * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 34903.
Sample No. 37303-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 20, 1953, Eastern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about December 8, 1952, from Bogota, Colombia.
PRODUCT:   12   150-pound bags of green coffee at Brooklyn, N. Y.
LABEL IN PART :    (Bag) "Bogota Excelso   Product of Colombia   70 Klos Nets."
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a substance, blue-dyed
corn, had been substituted in part for coffee, which the article was represented
to be.
?See also Nos. 20387-20390.
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was en- 
tered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond for re- 
conditioning under the supervision of the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare. The reconditioning operations consisted in the examination 
of the product, and in the removal of the corn. A total of approximately 120 
pounds of corn was removed and was denatured.