980. Adulteration of ground white pine bark.   U. S. v. 5 Bass of Ground White
Pine Bark.    Consent decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. D. C.
No. 8410.    Sample No. 17029-F.)
On September 24, 1942, the United States attorney for the District of New
Jersey filed a libel against 5 bags, each containing 200 pounds, of ground white
pine bark at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped on or
about March 6, 1942, from Asheville, N. C, by S. B. Penick & Co.; and charging
that it was adulterated.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it purported to be and was
represented as a drug, the name of which is recognized in the National Formulary,
an official compendium, and its purity fell below the standard set forth therein
since it was contaminated with fragments of insects and quantities of such foreign
matter as feather barbs, whole larvae, rodent hairs, and rodent excreta pellets,
whereas the formulary provides that vegetable drugs are to be as free as prac-
ticable from insects or other live animal matter and other excretion.
On January 18, 1943, the claimant having consented to the entry of a decree,
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
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