26758. Rice and pinto bKans.    (F.D.O. No. 43078.   S. Nos. 5-204/7 P, 5-209 P.) 
INFORMATION FILED:   6-16-59, E. Dist. N.C. against John B. Singletary, presi- 
dent of G. V. Singletary & Sons, a corporation, Whiteville, N.C, and James 
Howard Singletary, secretary-treasurer.
ALLEGED VIOLATION: Between 10-6-58 and 12-3-58, while quantities of rice 
and pinto beans were being held for sale after shipment in interstate com- 
merce, the defendants caused the articles to be held in a building that was 
accessible to rodents and to be exposed to contamination by rodents, which 
acts resulted in the articles being adulterated.
CHARGE: 402(a)(3)—the rice contained rodent urine, rodent excreta, and 
rodent hairs; and 402(a)(4)—the rice and pinto beans were held under 
insanitary conditions.
PLEA :   Guilty.
DISPOSITION :   7-28-60.   Each defendant fined $500.