20248. Adulteration of mace.   U. S. v. 8 Cases * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 34579.
Sample No. 8543-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    February 3,1953, Western District of New York.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    The product was imported from Indonesia by Landes &
Balint, at New York, N. Y., and transported on or about November 24, 1952,
by this firm to Rochester, N. Y. 
PRODUCT:    8 cases, each containing 75 kilos, of mace at Rochester, N. Y. 
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 insects
and insect parts. 
DISPOSITION :   March 2,1953.   The R. T. French Co., Rochester, N. Y., claimant,
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was
entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond for
reconditioning under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. 
1,275 pounds of the product were reconditioned, with the result that 348%
pounds of tailings .were obtained.   The mace tailings were reprocessed by
distillation.