5109. Adulteration of tea.    IT. S. v. 97 Cases of Bast India Types of Black Tea.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 9788. 
Sample No. 17590-F.)
The cases containing this product showed signs of having been water-damaged. 
The time at which such damage occurred was not determined. Examination 
showed the product to be moldy.
On or about April 16,1943, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey filed a libel against 97 cases, containing a total of 11,557 pounds, of East 
India types of black tea at Hoboken N. J., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 23, 1943, by the Standard 
Brands, Inc., from San Francisco, Calif.; and charging that it was adulterated in 
that it consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed substance.
On June 26,1943, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered destroyed.