14535. Adulteration of rice.   U. S. v. 34 Bags   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 25162.
Sample No. 19631-K.)
LIBEL FILED :    August 4, 1948, Eastern District of Kentucky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about October 20, 1947, from Stuttgart, Ark.
PRODUCT: 34 25-pound bags of rice at Middlesboro, Ky., in possession of the 
Middlesboro Wholesale Grocery Co.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted in 
whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insects, 
insect fragments, rodent excreta, and rodent hairs: and, Section 402 (a) (4), 
it had been held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become con- 
taminated with filth. The article was adulterated while held for sale after 
shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION :   August 27,194S.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.