18353. Adulteration of coffee sweeps.   U. S. v. 3,000 Pounds, etc.    (F. D. C. No.
27190.   Sample Nos. 11601-K, 11602-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   May 9,1949, Eastern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about March 16 and October 7, 1948, from Brazil.
PRODUCT:   4,500 pounds of coffee sweeps at Brooklyn, N. Y., in possession of the 
V'^ew York Dock Co., Building 40.. ; 
NATURE OF CHARGE: ;Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
jijWhole or in part of a filthy substance,by reason of the presence of wood 
<*0SPlinters,rpil, dirt, andother foreign matter; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it 
I had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth. The article was adulterated while held fox sale after 
"^shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : ? February 8, 1952.   The sole intervener having withdrawn its
claim for the./product, a default decree of condemnation and destruction was
'¦entered. 
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Nos.  18354 to 18360 report actions involving flour that was insect- or 
rodent-infested, or both.   The flour reported inNoPi8&6ifaMed%^eet%hfe
standard for enriched flour. 
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