5009. Adulteration of unbleached ginger.    XT. S. v. 50 Bags of Unbleached Ginger.    Consent
decree of condemnation.    Product ordered released under bond for segregation and 
destruction of the unfit portion.   (F, D. C. No. 9491.    Sample No. 6722-F.)
On or about March 4, 1943, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Missouri filed a libel against 50 bags of unbleached ginger at St. Louis, Mo., 
alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about August 
11, 1942, by the P. H. Petry Co. from New York, N. Y.; and charging that it was 
adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of filthy substances, larvae, insect 
fragments, insect excreta, and worm tunnels.
On March 20, 1943, the Jas. H. Forbes Tea & Coffee Co.,of St. Louis, Mo., 
claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered re-
leased under bond for segregation and destruction of the unfit portion under" the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.