16515. Adulteration and alleged Misbranding of cloves.    II. S. v. 18 Dozen
Cans of Cloves.    Product ordered released under bond.     (F. & D.
No. 22630.    I. S. No. 23210-x.    S. No. 659.)
On March 12, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court
of 18 dozen cans of cloves, remaining in the original packages at Arkansas City, 
Kans., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Biston Coffee Co., from 
St. Louis, Mo., on or about December 17, 1927, and transported from the State 
of Missouri into the State of Kansas, and charging adulteration and misbranding 
in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: (Can) 
" Santa Fe Brand Spices   *   *   *   Cloves."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that a product 
containing starch and ground seed had been substituted wholly or in part for 
the said article and had been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower 
or injuriously affect its quality or strength. Adulteration was alleged for the 
further reason that starch and ground seed had been mixed therewith in a 
manner whereby damage or inferiority was concealed.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the designation " cloves" was 
false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser, and for the further 
reason that the article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another 
article.
On October 1, 1928, the Biston Coffee Co., St. Louis, Mo., having appeared as 
claimant for the property and having admitted that the said cloves were 
adulterated, and the claimant having paid costs and executed a bond in the sum 
of $25 to the effect that the product would not be sold or otherwise disposed of 
contrary to the Federal food and drugs act, it was ordered by the court that 
the said product be released to the claimant.
AETHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.