26198. Adulteration and misbranding of coffee.    IT.  S. v. IT Drums of Coffee.
Decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. no. 87169.    Sample no. 
62259-B.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of coffee that contained added 
coffee chaff.
On February 7, 1936, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 17 drums of coffee 
at Vicksburg, Miss., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about January 8, 1936, by the Dannemiller Coffee Co., from 
New Orleans, La., and that it was adulterated and misbranded in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: "25 Lbs. Net Weight Extra 
100% Pure Ground Coffee P. P. Williams Co. Vicksburg, Miss."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that coffee chaff had been 
mixed and packed with, and substituted in part for, the article so as to reduce, 
lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the statement on the label, 
"100% Pure Ground Coffee", was false and misleading, and in that by reason 
of said statement the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead the pur- 
chaser, since the article was not pure ground coffee. The article was alleged 
to be misbranded further in that it was offered for sale under the distinctive 
name of another article.
On April 30, 1936, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered 
that the product be destroyed.
HAERT L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.