13758. Adulteration of rice. U. S. v. 223 Sacks * * *. (F. D. C. No. 24988. 
Sample No. 28041-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 2, 1948, District of Colorado.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about April 27, 1948, from Salt Lake City, Utah.
PRODUCT: 223 100-pound sacks of rice at Denver, Colo., in possession of the 
Universal Food Distributing Co.
NATURE OF CHARGE : The article was adulterated while held for sale after ship- 
ment in interstate commerce under Section 402 (a) (3), in that it consisted 
la whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
urine, rodent hairs, and rodent excreta; and, Section 402 (a) (4), the article 
had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth.
^POSITION : October 15, 1948. The Berger Sales Co., Denver, Colo., claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was en- 
tered and the product was ordered released under bond, to be washed and 
cleaned under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency and processed 
into an article known as koji.
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