7553. Adulteration of rice.    IT. S. v. 907 Bags of Rice.    Decree of condemnation.
Product ordered released under bond.     (F. D.  C. No. 14894.    Sample No. 
63958-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 3,1945, Southern District of Florida.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about September 26 and October 9, 1944, from 
Crowley, La.
PRODUCT: 907 100-pound bags of rice at Jacksonville, Fla., in the possession of 
the Daylight Grocery Co., Inc.
This product was stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. The 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets and urine stains were observed 
on the bags.
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (4), the product had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: January 22, 1945. The Daylight Grocery Co., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond for separation of the fit from 
the unfit portion, the latter to be denatured for use as animal or poultry feed, 
under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administration.