22655. Coffee sweeps.    (F. D. C. No. 31417.    S. Nos. 37-534/5 L.) 
QUANTITY :   44 bags at Brooklyn, N. Y.
SHIPPED : From Mexico, Brazil, and other countries during the last 2 or more 
years.
LIBELED :    8-3-51, E. Dist. N. Y.
CHARGE: 402 (a) (3)—contained dirty beans and pieces of wood, brick, and 
mortar while held for sale.
DISPOSITION : J. Aron & Co., Inc., Leon Israel & Bros., Inc., Schaefer Klaussman 
Co., Inc., East Asiatic Co., Inc., and Andres Uribo & Maehado & Co., all of 
New York, N. Y., and Albert Ehlers, Inc., Flushing, N. Y., claimants, filed 
an answer denying that the product was adulterated as alleged. Thereafter, 
the claimants failed to respond to interrogatories served upon them by the 
Government, and, on 3-29-55, a default decree was entered condemning the 
product and ordering its destruction.