1161. Adulteration of miscellaneous crude drugs. TJ. S. v. 125 Pounds of TJva
Ursi Leaves, lOO Pounds of Marjoram, 100 Pounds of Coriander Seed, 20
Pounds of Poke Root, 75 Pounds of Sarsaparilla Root, and 75 Pounds of
Ground Ginger Root.    Default decree of condemnation and destruction.
(F. D. C. No. 10177.    Sample Nos. 20500-F, 20723-F, 20727-F to 20730-F, incl.)
These products were stored, after shipment, in rooms which were overrun
with rats and exceedingly filthy. Examination disclosed that the uva ursi leaves
were contaminated with rodent excreta pellets and rodent hairs; that the
marjoram was contaminated with rodent excreta pellets; that the coriander
seed contained weevils and rodent hairs and that a material proportion was
worm-eaten; that the poke root was contaminated with rodent excreta pellets
and rodent hairs; that tl o sarsaparilla root was contaminated with rodent
excreta pellets; and that the ground ginger root contained a large number of
dead weevils.
On July 2, 1943, the U ited States attorney for the District of Massachusetts
filed a libel against the above-mentioned quantities of crude drugs at Boston,
Mass., alleging that the articles had been shipped from New York, N. T., and
Jersey City, N. J., within the period from on or about January 16, 1941, to
December 9, 1942, and that they were in the possession of the G. S. Cheney Co.,
Inc.; and charging that they were adulterated.
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole or
in part of filthy substances; and In that they had been held under insanitary
conditions whereby they may have been contaminated with filth.
The articles, with the exception of the uva ursi leaves and the poke root, were
also alleged to be adulterated under the provisions of the law applicable to
foods, as reported in the notices of judgment on foods.
On August 2, 1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation
was entered and the products were ordered destroyed.