4903. Misbranding of coffee substitute.   U. S. v. 47 Cases of Coffee-Savr.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.   (F. D. C. No. 9577.   Sample No. 7997-F.)
On March 18, 1943, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota filed 
a libel against 47 cases, each containing 36 bags, of Coffee-Savr at St. Paul, Minn., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about Feb- 
ruary 23 and March 1, 1943, by the Frank R. Prina Corporation from New York, 
N. Y.; and charging .that it was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: "For 
'Goodness' Sake Use 'Coffee-Savr' * * * Prina's Pure Processed Nature's Vitamin- 
eralized Cereal Fresh Roasted Ground Coffee Saver."
The article was alleged to be misbranded (1) in that the word "Vitamineralized" 
• was misleading since it suggested and created the impression that the article con- 
tained added vitamins and minerals, whereas it did not contain added vitamins and 
minerals; (2) in that the designation "Coffee-Savr" was misleading as applied to an 
article: which consisted essentially of roasted wheat; and (3) in that its label failed 
to bear the common or usual name of the food, roasted wheat.
On June 16,-1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
CEREAL AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
FLOUR
Nos. 4904 to 4914 report legal actions involving flour, samples of which were 
found to contain one or more kinds of filth, such as beetles, larvae, weevils, and other 
insects, cast skins, rodent and insect excreta, rodent hairs, and hairs. resembling 
rodent hairs. In most instances the time of contamination was not determined.