4799. Adulteration of ginger.    tT. S. v. 73 Cases of Ginger.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. D. C. No. 9267.    Sample Nos. 25133-F, 
37513-F.)
On February 4, 1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Virginia filed a libel against 73 cases, each containing 48 cartons, of ground 
ginger at Richmond, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about December 6, 1942, by the Frank Tea & Spice Co. from 
Cincinnati, Ohio; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in 
whole or in part of filthy substances, insect fragments and rodent hairs, and in 
that it had been prepared under insanitary conditions whereby it may have 
become contaminated with filth. The article was labeled in part: (Carton) 
"Rainbo Spices Ground Ginger."
On April 9,1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.