11153. Adulteration of coriander seed. U. S. v. 11 Sacks and 6 Sacks of?
Coriander Seed. Decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod??
uct released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 16078, 16646. S. Nos. C-3502,?
C-3715.)
On April 4 and July 20, 1922, respectively, the United States attorney for?
the Eastern District of Missouri, acting upon reports by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district?
libels for the seizure and condemnation of 17 sacks of coriander seed, remaining?
unsold in the original unbroken packages in possession of the Biston Coffee Co.,?
St. Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped from East St. Louis,?
111., in part on Or about March 15, 1922, and in part on or about June 30, 1922,?
arid transported from the State of Illinois into the State of Missouri, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The sacks?
in the consignment of March 15 were labeled in part: " From Biston Coffee?
Company, St. Louis, Missouri."-
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the?
reason that worm-eaten seeds, weed seeds, and soil, with respect to the shipment?
of March 15, and worm-eaten seeds, weed seeds, dirt (weevil) and mouse?
excreta, stones, and dirt, with respect to the shipment of June 30, had been?
mixed and packed with and substituted wholly or in part for the said article.?
Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the article consisted?
wholly or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On November 21, 1922, the Biston Coffee Co., St. Louis, Mo., having entered?
an appearance as claimant for the property, judgments of condemnation were?
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the?
said claimant upon the execution of good and sufficient bonds, in conformity?
with section 10 of the act, said bonds being in the aggregate sum of $400,
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conditioned in part that the claimant pay the costs of the proceedings and that?
the product be recleaned.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.