7184. Adulteration of ginger root.    IT. S. v. 78 Bags of Ginger Root.    Decree of
condemnation.     Product  ordered  released  under  bond.      (F.   D.   C.   No.
12746.    Sample No. 52637-F.)
LIBEL FILED:    June 22,1944, District of Massachusetts.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about March 29, 1943, and February 29, 1944, by 
Percy Junor, Ltd., from Spaulding, Jamaica.
PRODUCT:    78 bags, each containing 190 pounds, of ginger root at Millis, Mass.
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect frag- 
ments and beetles.
DISPOSITION: July 10, 1944. The Clicquot Club Co., Millis, Mass., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered (amended July 31, 1944) providing that the product be released under 
bond to be reconditioned by fumigation and brushing and polishing, to sift out 
all dirt, insects, and insect excreta.