20790. Adulteration of rice.    V. S. v. 600 Bags of Rice.    Product released 
under bond.    (F. & D. no. 29842.    Sample no. 24570-A.)
This case involved an interstate shipment of rice that was found to contain 
mouse excreta, weevils, beetles, and larvae.
On February 11, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Wisconsin, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States a libel praying seizure and condemnation 
of 600 bags of rice at Milwaukee, Wis., alleging that the article had been 
shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 24, 1933, by the Ar- 
kansas Rice Co., from Stuttgart, Ark., to Milwaukee, Wis., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Rice   *    *   *   Arkansas Rice Co., Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted of a filthy vegetable substance.
On March 3, 1933, the Arkansas Rice Co., Stuttgart, Ark., appeared and 
petitioned release of the property and executed a bond in the sum of $500, 
conditioned that the product would not be disposed of in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act or any other law. On March 4, 1933. the court ordered 
the goods released to the claimant.
R. G. TTTGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.