F. & D. No. 3001.
S. No. 1094.	
Issued May 14, 1912.
United States Department of Agriculture,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO, 1340.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
MISBKANMNG OF KICE.
On October 6, 1911, the United. States Attorney for the Western?
District of Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of?
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said?
district a libel praying condemnation and forfeiture of 17 bags of?
rice in the possession of Davidson Bros. Co. (Inc.). The product was?
labeled: " 100 lbs. Extra Fancy Rice 1053 Coated with glucose and?
talc. Remove by washing before using. Domestic. 468. (stencil)?
Davidson Bros., Glasgow, Ky."
Examination of a sample of said product made by the Bureau of?
Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture showed it?
to consist of rice grains so badly and finely broken that it could be?
classed as nothing more than rice screenings. The libel alleged that?
the product, after transportation from the State of Louisiana into?
the State of Kentucky, remained in the original unbroken packages?
and was misbranded in violation of the Food and Drugs Act of?
June 30, 1906, and was therefore liable to seizure for confiscation.?
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the product was labeled?
in a manner to indicate that the rice was a high grade unbroken rice?
in good condition, when in fact the product was rice screenings com??
posed of grains of rice finely broken, and the representation in the?
label was therefore false and misleading.
On November 9, 1911, the Burkenroad-Goldsmith Co. (Ltd.) filed?
claim to said property, but no answer, and the case was submitted?
to the court by agreement, whereupon the court found the product?
misbranded, as alleged in the libel, and entered a decree condemn??
ing and forfeiting it to the United States, but authorizing its release?
to the claimants upon the payment of costs and the execution of a?
bond in a good and sufficient sum conditioned that the product?
should not be again sold contrary to the provisions of law.
JAMES WILSON,?
Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, January ?6,1912.
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