21651. Adulteration  and misbranding of  coffee.    U.  S.  y.  413  Bags * * *.
(F.D.C. No. 36825.   Sample No. 71671-L.)
livered the coffee to Waldorf System, Inc., New York, N. Y., which firm, on 
or about May 25, 1954, shipped the product from New York, N. Y., to New 
Haven, Conn.
PRODUCT:   413 unlabeled 12-ounce bags of coffee at New Haven, Conn.
NATURE OF CHARGE; Adulteration, Section 402 (b) (2), a mixture of coffee and 
spent coffee grounds had been substituted in whole or in part for coffee, which 
the article was represented to be; and, Section 402 (b) (4), spent coffee 
grounds had been added to the article and mixed and packed with it so as to 
increase its bulk or weight and reduce its quality.
Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (1) and (2), the article failed to bear a label 
containing the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or 
distributor, and an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents; and, 
Section 403 (i) (1), the label of the article failed to bear the common or 
usual name of the article.
DISPOSITION : September 2, 1954. Default decree of condemnation. The court 
ordered that the product be delivered to charitable institutions for their use 
and not for sale. The court ordered also that the marshal advise such institu- 
tions that the product was a mixture of ground coffee and' spent coffee 
grounds, and that by using a somewhat greater amount of the mixture, a full 
strength brew could be obtained.