28405. Adulteration of rice.    U. S. v. 75 Bags, et al., of Rice.    Default decrees of
condemnation and destruction. (F. & D. Nos. 40640, 40642, 40842. Sample 
Nos. 48420-C, 48421-C, 48422-C, 48428-C, 48522-C, 48523-C, 48538-C, 48539-C, 
48541-C.)
This article was infested with insects.
On November 1, 2, and 22, 1937, the United States attorneys for the District 
of Maryland and the District of Columbia, acting upon reports by the Secretary 
of Agriculture, filed in their respective district courts libels praying seizure and 
condemnation of 352 bags of rice at Baltimore, Md., and 264 bags of rice at 
Washington, D. C, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce in part on or about March 20, March 23, and June 8, 1937, by 
the Standard Rice Co., Inc., from Houston, Tex., into the District of Columbia, 
and in part on or about October 22 and October 25, 1937, from Washington, 
D. C, into the State of Maryland by H. P. Bleser, and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Portions of the article were labeled in 
part: "Standard Rice Co. Inc. Houston Tex."
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On December 6, 8, and 14, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgments of 
condemnation and forfeiture, with orders of destruction, were entered.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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