5636. Adulteration of rice.    U. S. v. 90 Bags of Rice.    Consent decree of con¬
demnation.    Product ordered released under bond for segregation and 
destruction of unfit portion.    (F. D. C. No. 12643.    Sample No. 67548-F.)
This product had been stored under insanitary conditions after shipment in 
interstate commerce. Some bags had been gnawed by rodents and rodent excreta 
and urine stains were found on the bags. Examination of samples taken from 
this lot showed that it had been contaminated'with urine and contained rodent 
excreta.
On June 7, 1944,. the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio 
filed a libel against 90 bags of rice at Cincinnati, Ohio, alleging that the article, 
which was in the possession of the Cincinnati Terminal Warehouses, Inc., had 
been shipped in interstate, commerce on or about December 6, 1943, from 
Chicago, Ill.; and charging that it was adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy substance and in that it had been held under insanitary 
conditions whereby it might have become contaminated with filth.
On June 13, 1944, the Mills Cincinnati Restaurant Co., claimant, having 
admitted the truth of the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond for segregation 
and destruction of the unfit portion under the supervision of the Food and 
Drug Administration.