2813. Misbranding of rice. U. S. v. 110 Cases of Rice. Product released on bond by order of?
court.   (F. & D. No. 3161.   S. No. 1152.)
On November 3, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West?
Virginia, 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?
110 cases, each containing 100 one-pound cartons of rice, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages and in possession of Lewis, Hubbard & Co., Charleston,
1914.]	SEEVICE AND EEGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	
W. Va., alleging that the product had been shipped from the State of Ohio into the?
State of West Virginia, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs?
Act. The product was labeled: "Kanawha brand selected rice,?Lewis, Hubbard &?
Company, distributors, Charleston, W. Va.,?Insist on having Kanawha brand rice,??
The purchaser of this package insures to the consumer an ever uniform quality,??
Kanawha rice."
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that the said cases?
did not contain rice as the label and markings thereon would indicate, but contained?
a product that was coated with glucose and talc, and said branding and markings on?
the cases were misleading and false so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser.
On December 11, 1911, the said Lewis, Hubbard & Co., claimant, having paid the?
costs of the proceedings and executed bond in the sum of $1,000 in conformity with?
section 10 of the act, it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to said?
claimant and that the proceeding be dismissed.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, February S, 1914.