15259. Adulteration of rice.   U. S. v. 45 Bags   *    *    *.    (F. D. C. No. 27692.
Sample No. 57776-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 12,1949, Southern District of California. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about January 11, 1949, from Houston, Tex. 
PRODUCT:   45   100-pound bags of rice at Los Angeles, Calif.
-NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of insect 
•excreta and larvae. The article was adulterated while held for sale after 
shipment in interstate commerce.
DISPOSITION : October 18,1949. The Royal Trading Co., San Francisco, Calif., 
claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond 
for cleaning, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. In ac- 
cordance with the decree, the product was run through the cleaning mill and 
the cleaned rice was placed in new bags. Eighty-six. pounds of screenings 
obtained from the cleaning operation were destroyed.