562. Adulteration of ginger root.    U. S. v. 47 Bags of Ginger.    Consent decree of
condemnation.   Product ordered released under bond to be converted into
an inedible product.    (F. D. C. No. 6356.   Sample No. 67714-B.)
Examination showed that this product contained worm holes and further
evidence of insect infestation.
On December 4, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District of
Tennessee filed a libel against 47 bags containing 5,229 pounds of ginger at
Memphis, Tenn., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce
on or about September 6, 1940, by J. R. Watkins Co. from Newark, N. J.; and
charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in part of a
filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
It also was alleged to be adulterated under the provisions of the law applicable
to foods, as reported in F. N. J. No. 2985.
On February 27, 1942, J. R. Watkins Go., claimant, having admitted the alle-
gations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was
ordered released under bond to be converted under the supervision of the Food
and Drug Administration into an inedible product.      :