1619. Adulteration of wild cherry bark. U. S. v. 15 Bags of Wild Cherry Bark. Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under bond. (F. D. C. No. 14873. Sample No. 98812-F.) LIBEL FILED : January 2,1945, Southern District of Illinois. ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about May 11, 1944, by the Greer Drug Co., from Lenoir, N. C. PRODUCT : 15 130-pound bags of wild cherry dark at Peoria, 111. Examination showed that the product was contaminated with insects, insect fragments, rodent hairs, and feather fragments. The United States Pharmacopoeia provides that "Vegetable * * * drugs are to be substantially free from insects or other animal life, extraneous animal material, or animal excreta." NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 501 (b), the article purported to be and was represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, an official compendium, but its quality and purity fell below the official standard. DISPOSITION : May 24, 1945. Allaire, Woodward and Co., Peoria, 111., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law under the supervision of the Food and Drug Adminis- tration.