10901. Adulteration of coffee.    U. S. v. 131 Bags    *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 19664. 
Sample No. 41611-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   April 10,1946, District of Maryland.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about September 16, 1945, from Santos, Brazil.
PRODUCT: 181 100-pound bags of coffee at Baltimore, Md., in possession of 
Belt's Wharf Warehouses, Inc. The product was stored under insanitary 
conditions after shipment. Some of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent 
pellets and urine stains were observed on them. Examination showed that 
the product contained rodent pellets.
NATUBB OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent pel- 
lets; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under insanitary conditions 
whereby it may have become contaminated with filth.
?See also Nos. 11033, 11034, 11042, 11064. 
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having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned upon 
the segregation of the unfit portion from the fit portion, under the supervision 
of the Federal Security Agency.