6063. Adulteration of rice and soya bKans.    IT. S. v. 17 Bags of Bice and 25 Bags
of Soya BKans. Default decree of condemnation. Product ordered de- 
livered to the National Zoological Park. (F. D. C. No. 12326. Sample 
Nos. 79511-F, 79512-F.)
LIBEL FILED:   May 4,1944, District of Columbia.
PRODUCT: 17 100-pound bags of rice and 25 bags of soya beans at Washing- 
ton, D. C, in possession of Mee Wah Lung.
The articles were stored in a heavily rodent-infested room. The bags were 
torn and urine-stained, and the products had spilled from the bags and were 
mixed with rodent excreta. Examination of samples showed that the articles 
contained rodent excreta, rodent hairs, and insect fragments.
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), they had 
been held under insanitary conditions whereby they might have become con- 
taminated with filth.
DISPOSITION: June 27, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the products were ordered delivered to the National 
Zoological Park.