14760. Adulteration of  rice.    IT.  S.  v.   170 Bass  of  Rice.    Decree  entered,
ordering? product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 21327. I. S. No. 
4836-x.    S. No. E-5880.)
On or about October 16, 1926, the United States attorney for the District 
of Porto Rico, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and 
condemnation of 170 bags of rice, at San Juan, P. R., alleging that the article 
was being offered for sale in the Territory of Porto Rico, and charging adul- 
teration in violation of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed vegetable substance.
On October 21, 1926, Stebbins & Co.. San Juan, P. R., having appeared as 
claimant for the property, it was adjudged by the court that the allegations 
of the libel be taken as admitted, and it was further ordered by the court that 
the product be released to the claimant upon payment of the costs of the 
proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned that 
it be submitted to a cleaning process, and that its subsequent sale be permitted 
only after its inspection by this department and certification to the court that 
it is fit for human consumption.
W. M. JAKDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.