17810. Adulteration  and  Misbranding of  grronnd  coffee.     IT.   S.  v.  9  Cases
of  Ground   Coffee.    Default   decree  of  condemnation,  forfeiture, 
and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 24735.    I. S. No. 013331.    S. No. 3090.)
Samples of coffee from the herein-described interstate shipment having been 
found to contain coffee chaff or screenings, the Secretary of Agriculture 
reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Mississippi.
On April 29, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of 
the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of nine cases, each containing 50 packages of coffee, remaining in 
the original unbroken packages at Tupelo, Miss., alleging that the article had 
been shipped by the Maury-Cole Co., Memphis, Tenn., in various lots, on or 
about February 15, February 28, and April 26, 1929, and transported from the 
State of Tennessee into the State of Mississippi, and charging adulteration 
and misbranding in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: (Package) "Lone Star Brand Extra Quality Pure Ground Peaberry 
Coffee Roasted and Packed by Maury-Cole Company, Louisville-Memphis- 
Dallas."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that coffee chaff 
or coffee screenings had been mixed and packed therewith so as to reduce and 
injuriously affect its quality and strength, and had been substituted in part for 
the said article.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the statement on the label, 
" Pure Ground Peaberry Coffee," was false and misleading and deceived and 
misled purchasers. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the 
article was offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.
On October 6, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ABTHTJB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.