10344. Adulteration of brown chicle.    U. S. v. 184 Bags of Brown Chicle.    Con¬
sent  decree  of condemnation.    Product  ordered released under bond.
(F. D. C. No. 17579.    Sample No. 12422-H.)
LIBEL FILED:    September 20, 1945, District of Massachusetts. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about August 18, 1945, by M. D. Bromberg, from 
New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 184 Bags, each containing about 170 pounds, of brown chicle at East 
Boston, Mass.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
excreta and rodent hairs.
DISPOSITION : January 28, 1946. The Gum Products, Inc., Boston, Mass., claim- 
ant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned 
that it be brought into compliance with the law, under the supervision of 
the Federal Security Agency, by the scraping of the outside of the blocks 
of chicle, by the cleaning off of all foreign matter, and by the washing and 
the filtering of it.