1852. Adulteration of crystallized ginger and assorted candied fruits.    TJ. S. v.
10 Cartons of Dry Leaf Ginger, 36 Tins of Stem Ginger, Crystallized, 
10 Cartons of Rolled Ginger, and 87 Boxes of Assorted Fruits. Default 
decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 3634, 3635. 3771. 
Sample Nos. 36400-E, 40128r-E to 40132-E, incl.)
Samples of these products were found to contain rodent hairs and insect 
fragments.
On January 7 and February 6, 1941, the United States attorneys for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of Rhode Island filed libels 
against the above-named products at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the arti- 
cles had been shipped in interstate commerce within the period from on 
or about November 1 to on or about November 27, 1940, by R. U. Delapenha 
& Co., Inc., from Poughkeepsie, N. T.; and charging that they were adulterated
in that they consisted in whole or in part of filthy substances, and in that 
they had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby they might have 
become contaminated with filth. The articles were labeled in part: "Dry Leaf 
Ginger," "Stem Ginger, Crystallized," "Rolled Ginger," or "Assorted Fruits."
On January 25 and February 28, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judg- 
ments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered destroyed.