7751. Adulteration of rice.    U. S. v. 5 Bags of Rice.    Default decree of condemna¬
tion.    Product ordered delivered to the National Zoological Park, for use 
as animal feed.    (F. D. C. No. 14412.    Sample No. 92840-F.)
LIBEL FILED :   November 10, 1944, District of Columbia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about February 29, 1944, from New York, N. Y.
PRODUCT: 5 100-pound bags of rice at Washington, D. C, in the possession of 
the Terminal Refrigerating and Warehousing Corporation, Fourth Street plant. 
This product had been stored, after shipment, under insanitary conditions. The 
bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent excreta and urine stains were observed 
on them. Examination showed that the article contained rodent excreta and 
weevils.
VIOLATIONS CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth. 
DISPOSITION:   December 5, 1944.    No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered delivered to the 
National Zoological Park, for use as animal feed.