1605. Adulteration  of  stramonium  leaves  and  calamus.    U.   S.  v.  12 Bag's   of
Stramonium Leaves and 7 Bags of Calamus. Consent decrees of con-
demnation. Stramonium leaves ordered released under bond; calamus
ordered destroyed. (3\ D. C. Nos. 14872, 15366. Sample Nos. 98811-F,
22410-H.)
LIBELS FILED :    January 2 and March 12, 1945, Southern District of Illinois.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 9,1941, and May 11,1944, by the St. Louis
Commission Co., from St. Louis, Mo.
PRODUCT: 12 150-pound bags of stramonium leaves and 7 65-pound bags of
calamus at Peoria, 111. Examination showed that the stramonium leaves
were contaminated with insects, insect fragments, and rodent hairs, whereas
the United States Pharmacopoeia provides that "Vegetable * * * drugs
are to be substantially free from insects or other animal life, extraneous
animal material, or animal excreta." The calamus was contaminated with
insect larvae and excreta.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Calamus, adulteration, Section 501 (a) (2), the article
had been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it had
become contaminated with filth.
Stramonium leaves, adulteration, Section 501 (b), the article purported
to be and was represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the
United States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but its quality and
purity fell below the official standard.
DISPOSITION : May 24, 1945. Allaire, Woodward and Co., Peoria, 111., claimant,
having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of condemnation were
entered and the stramonium leaves were ordered released under bond to be
brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Food and
Drug Administration.    The calamus was ordered destroyed.