3107. Adulteration of crude drugs.   U. S. v. 36 Bags, etc.    (F. D. C. No. 28061.
Sample Nos. 57121-K, 57122-K, 57124-K to 57141-K, incl., 57143-K,
57144-K, 57148-K, 57150-K to 57153-K, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 2, 1949, Southern District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : Between July 1945 and June 1949, from various States in
the United States and from various foreign countries.
PRODUCT : 36 130-pound bags of jalap root; 159 92-pound bags of fteaseed
husk; 76 100-pound bags of Colombo root; 56 165-pound bags of scammony
root; 13 bales and 3 bags, containing a total of approximately 5,720 pounds, of
yellow dock root; 24 bales, containing a total of approximately 9,015 pounds of
spikenard root; 16 bags, each containing 120 pounds, and 7 200-pound bales,
of sarsaparilla root; 8 50-pound bags of blue flag root; 26 110-pound bags of
angelica root; 14 78-pound bags of agaric root; 141 313-pound bales of
licorice root; 10 66-pound bags of belladonna root; 20 75-pound bags of
angelica seed; and 6   105-pound bags of dog grass root, at New York, N. Y.
NATURE OF CHAKGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (a) (1), the articles consisted in
whole or in part of filthy substances by reason of the presence of insects. The
articles were adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate
commerce.
DISPOSITION : December 29, 1949. The Meer Corp., New York, N. Y., claimant,
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the court ordered that the products be released under bond for
segregation and destruction of the unfit portions, under the supervision of the
Federal Security Agency.   The segregation operations resulted in the destruc-
tion of all the licorice root and certain portions of the other products, totaling
approximately 10,745 pounds.