1569. Adulteration of crude drugs. TJ. S. v. 25 Bass of Jamaica Ginger (and 19
other seizure actions against crude drugs). Consent decrees of con-
demnation. Products ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. Nos. 13608,
13798.    Sample Nos. 79066-P to 79075-F, inch, 79087-F to 79096-F,incl.)
LIBELS FILED :    September 8 and 22, 1944, Eastern District of Michigan.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: Between the approximate dates of September 11, 1939,
and June 12,1944, from Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I., Artesia, Fla., West Jeffer-
son, Lenoir, and Wilkesbord, N. C, Oakland, Calif., Jersey City, N. J., New Tork,
N. Y., Cincinnati, Ohio, Big Timber, Mont., San Francisco, Calif., Louisville,
Ky., and S. A. Bruxelles, Belgium.
PRODUCT : 25 bags of Jamaica ginger, 314 pounds of chestnut leaves, 20 bags and
28 drums of saw palmetto berries, 663 pounds of red clover, 2 bales of red clover,
3 sacks of tonga vine, 4 bales of burdock root, 45 bags of burdock root, 27 bags
and 333 pounds of goldenseal herb, 7 bales and 1,062 pounds of cotton root bark,
14 sacks of Arnica flowers, 3,068 pounds of poplar buds, 339 pounds of tonga -
bark, 3,379 pounds of white pine bark, 308 pounds of blue cohosh root, 223 pounds
of squaw vine, and 8 bags of elder flowers. The products were in the possession
of Parke, Davis and Co., at Detroit, Mich.
An inspection of the building in which the products were stored after ship-
ment revealed that the floors were broken in several places and that there were
holes in the wall near the base boards, many of which showed evidence of rodent
traffic. There were much dust and webbing about the premises. Some of the
windows were broken, allowing ready access for rodents and insects. Numerous
insects and rat excreta pellets were observed. Examination showed that the
Arnica flowers, saw palmetto berries, tonga bark and vine, squaw vine, elder
flowers, Jamaica ginger, red clover, goldenseal herb, and burdock root, and one
lot o/ cotton root bark, were insect-infested, with some of them containing rodent
hairs or rodent excreta.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (a) (1), the Arnica flowers, saw
palmetto berries, tonga bark and vine, squaw vine, elder flowers, Jamaica ginger,
red clover, goldenseal herb, burdock root, and one lot of the cotton root bark,
consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances; and, Section 501 (a) (2), all
products had been held under insanitary conditions whereby they might have
become contaminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: December 26, 1944. Parke, Davis and Co., claimant, having ad-
mitted the allegations of the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered
and the products were ordered released under bond to be brought into compli-
ance with the law, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.
DRUGS AND DEVICES ACTIONABLE BECAUSE OF DEVIATION FROM
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