19203. Adulteration of coffee sweepings.   U. S. v. 500 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C.
No. 33334.   Sample No. 49744-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 9,1952, Southern District of New York. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   At various times prior to July 9, 1952, from foreign 
countries.
PRODUCT:   500 pounds of coffee sweepings at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHARGE : Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance, and it was otherwise unfit for food by 
reason of the presence of dirty and crushed coffee beans, rodent excreta, manure, 
and dirt.
DISPOSITION : August 21,1952. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. 
*See also No. 19242.
Nos. 19204 to 19207 report actions involving flour that was insect- or 
rodent-infested, or both. The flour reported in No. 19208 failed to meet the 
standard for enriched flour.