9455. Adulteration of /brewer's rice grits.    IT. S. v. 4,689 Bags of Brewer's Rice
Grits. Consent decree of condemnation. Product ordered released under 
bond. (F. D. C. Nos. 18527, 18718, 18719. Sample Nos. 51002-H, 51004-H to 
51008-H, incl., 51010-H.)
LIBEL FILED:    On or about December 4; amended December 27, 1945, District
of Minnesota. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   Between the approximate dates of May 7 and October 24,
1944, from Crowley, La. 
PRODUCT:    2,019   200-pound bags and 2,670   100-pound bags of brewer's rice
grits at Minneapolis, Minn., in the possession of the Security Warehouse Co.
The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. - Some of
the bags were_-rodent-gnawed, and rodent excreta was observed on them.
Examination of the product showed the presence of rodent excreta, urine,
rodent hairs, weevils, and larvae. 
NATURE OF CHARGE,:   Adulteration, Section
'402 (a)  (3), the article consisted in
whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a)  (4), it had been
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated
with filth.
DISPOSITION : February 20, 1946. The Pillsbury Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered released under bond, conditioned that 
it be disposed of in compliance with the law, under the supervision of the Food 
and Drug Administration. The product was used in the manufacture of 
alcohol.