5283. Adulteration of turmeric root. U. S. * * * v. 18 Bags of Tur- 
meric Root. Consent decree of condemnation, and forfeiture. 
Product ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 7710. I. S. No. 
12204-m.    S. No. C-565.)
On September 18, 1916, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and 
condemnation of 18 bags, each containing 190 pounds of turmeric root, remain- 
ing unsold in the original unbroken packages at St. Louis, Mo., alleging that 
the article had been shipped on or about August 25, 1916, by the L. E. Ransom 
Co., New York, N. Y., and transported from the State of New York into the 
State of Missouri, and charging adulteration in violation of the Pood and Drugs 
Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid vegetable sub- 
stance, and was unfit for use as food.
On October 19, 1916, the said L. E. Ransom Co., a corporation, claimant, hav- 
ing consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was 
entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product should be released 
to said claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the 
execution of a good and sufficient bond, in conformity with section 10 of the act, 
conditioned in part that said article should be ground up and used in the making 
of paper or paper products.
R. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.