17856. Adulteration of rice.   U. S. v. 39 Bags, etc. (and 1 other seizure action).
(F. D. O. Nos. 31397, 31405.    Sample Nos. 3768-L to 3772-L, incl.) 
LIBELS FILED:    On or about July 24 and 30, 1951, District of Maryland. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about February 12 and 21, 1951, from Crowley, La.
PRODUCT: 585 100-pound bags of rice at Baltimore, Md., in possession of 
Camden Warehouses, Inc.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
urine and rodent pellets; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth. 
(The product was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment in 
interstate commerce.)
DISPOSITION : August 28,1951. The American Rice Growers Cooperative Assn., 
claimant, having admitted the material allegations of the libel, judgments 
of condemnation were entered and the court ordered that the product be 
released under bond for segregation and denaturing of the unfit portion for 
use as animal feed, under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administra- 
tion. 198 bags were released as fit for human consumption, and 384 bags 
were denatured for use as animal feed.