28611. Adulteration and misbranding of brewers' rice. U. S. v. 132 Bags of 
Brewers' Rice. Consent decree of condemnation. Product released 
under bond for segregation and destruction of unfit portion.     (F. & D.
No. 40447.    Sample No. 37737-C.)
This product was in part insect-infested and the sacks containing it bore no 
quantity of contents statement.
On October 7, 1937, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 132 bags of brewers' 
rice at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about September 13, 1937, from Houston, Tex., by Southern 
Rice Sales Co., Inc., and charging adulteration and misbranding in violation of 
the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
Misbranding was alleged in that the article was food in package form and 
the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on 
the outside of the package.
On February 1, 1938, Southern Rice Sales Co., Inc., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, 
judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered released
under bond conditioned that the unfit portion be segregated and destroyed or 
denatured so that it could not be disposed of for human consumption.
W. R. GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.