2150. Adulteration of rice.    IT.  S.  v.  50  Sacks  of Rice.    Default decree of de¬
struction.    (F. D. C. No. 4732.    Sample No. 43420-E.)
Examination showed that this product contained rodent, excreta. The sacks 
in which it was packed had been torn and gnawed by rats and contained an 
accumulation of rat pellets, and bird droppings. The contamination occurred 
in the warehouse after shipment.
On or about May 17, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Missouri filed a libel against 50 sacks of rice at Kansas City, Mo., alleging 
that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about January 
28,1941 (correct date apparently was September 13,1940), by Smith Rice Mill Co. 
from DeWitt, Ark.; and charging that it was adulterated. It was labeled in 
part:  "Smith Uncoated Rice 100 lbs Net"
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy substance, and in that it had been held under insanitary condi- 
tions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On June 27, 1941, no claimant having appeared, judgment was entered ordering 
that the product be destroyed.