2818. Misbranding of rice.   V. S. v. ISO Bags of Rice.   Product released on bond by order of?
court.   (F.&D. No. 3236.   S. No. 1190.)
On November 22, 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 condem??
nation of 150 bags, each containing 100 pounds of rice, remaining unsold in the original?
unbroken packages and in possession of Lewis, Hubbard & Co., a corporation, Charles??
ton, W. Va., alleging that the product had been shipped from the State of New Orleans?
(?) (Louisiana), to the State of West Virginia, and charging misbranding in violation?
of the Food and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: "Fancy head 100?rice??
coated with glucose and talc?remove by washing before using."
Misbranding of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that none of the?
bags or packages contained rice as the labels and markings on said bags or packages?
would indicate, but contained a product not fancy head rice, but consisting almost?
entirely of broken rice classed as about No. 2 screenings, and said branding and mark??
ings on said bags or packages were misleading and false so as to deceive and mislead the?
purchaser.
On December 9, 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.
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