4800. Adulteration of bulk  ginger root.    IT.  S. v.  201  Bags  of  Calicut  Rough
Ginger.     Consent   decree   of   condemnation.     Product   ordered   released 
under, bond to be disposed of in compliance with the law.    (F. D. C. No.
9422.   Sample No. 5787-F.) 
This product contained insects, insect fragments, larvae, and cast skins..
On February 23, 1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Missouri filed a' libel against 201 112-pound bags of Calicut rough ginger at St. 
Louis, Mo., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about June 29, 1942, by the P. H. Petry Co. from New York, N. Y.; and 
charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a filthy 
substance.
On March 20, 1943, the David G. Evans Coffee Co., St. Louis, Mo., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that be 
brought into compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.