14352. Adulteration of rice.   U. S. v. 803 Bags    *    *    *    (and 1 other seizure 
action).   (F. D. C. Nos. 24990, 24991.   Sample Nos. 30875-K to 30877-K
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LIBELS FILED :   July 6, 1948, Southern District of California ; amended libel filed 
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July 29,1948, in the action against 803 and 948 bags.
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ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about November 11 and 12 and December 31, 1947,
from Stuttgart, Ark., and Crowley, La. 
PRODUCT:   803. 948, and 300   100-pound bags of rice at Los Angeles, Calif., in the 
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possession of the American Warehouse.
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NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402 (a)  (4), all lots of the product
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had been held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become
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contaminated with filth; and, Section 402  (a)   (4), the 803-bag lot and the
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948-bag lot consisted in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the
presence therein of rodent excreta and rodent hairs. The article was adul- 
terated while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce. 
DISPOSITION : August 2. 4, and 6. 1948. The Kwong Dack Wo Co., Morey & Co, 
and S. E. Rykoff & Co., Los Angeles, Calif., claimants for the 948-bag lot. the 
803-bag lot. and the 300-bag lot, respectively, having consented to the entry of 
decrees, judgments of condemnation were entered and the product was ordered 
released under bond to be brought into compliance with the law, under the 
supervision of the Federal Security Agency. The product was reconditioned 
by removal and destruction of the rodent-contaminated portions of the bags.