21456. Adulteration of tea.   IT. S. v. 32 Cases * * *.    (F. D.  C. No. 3OT51.
Sample No. 67334-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    May 28,1954, Southern District of Alabama 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about January 1, 1953, from Galveston, Tex. 
PRODUCT:   Tea.   32 cases, each containing 12 packages and each package con- 
taining 100 tea bags, at Mobile, Ala.
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. 
The article was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate 
commerce.
DISPOSITION: July 23, 1954. Default decree of condemnation. Since it ap- 
peared that certain portions of the product were fit for human consumption, 
the court ordered that the good portions be delivered to a charitable institu- 
tion and that the unfit portion be destroyed. 202 of the 216 packages of tea 
actually seized were found to be fit and were delivered to a charitable institu- 
tion, and the 14 packages of tea found to be unfit were destroyed.