18662. Adulteration of rice.   U. S. v. 36 Cases, etc.    (F. D. C. No. 31610.    Sample
Nos. 1434-L, 1531-L to 1533-L, incl.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 10,1951, Northern District of Georgia.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 18, August 19, September 30, and Decem- 
ber 1, 1950, and May 8, 1951, from Beaumont, Tex., Abbeville and Rayne, La., 
and Stuttgart, Ark.
PRODUCT: Rice. 36 cases, each containing 36 1-pound boxes; 36 bales, each 
containing 30 2-pound bags; 19 cases, each containing 48 12-ounce boxes; 
and 100 cases, each containing 36   1-pound boxes, at Newnan, Ga.
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 insects. 
The article was adulterated while held for sale after shipment in interstate 
commerce.
DISPOSITION : On October 9,1951, a default decree of condemnation was entered 
against the 36-case lot and 36-bale lot, and the court ordered that these lots be 
delivered to a Federal institution, for use as animal feed. On September 27, 
1951, the H. V. Kell Co., Newnan, Ga., claimant for the 19-case lot and the 
100-case lot, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condem-
nation was entered against these lots and the court ordered that they be re- 
leased under bond for -segregation and destruction of the unfit portion, under 
the supervision of the .Food and Drug Administration.
Segregation of the product was accomplished by a remilling operation. 
During the course of this operation, the product became commingled with 
another lot of rice being remilfed. (See the following notice of judgment, No. 
18663.) The total amount in both lots delivered for remilling consisted of 
9,284 pounds, and the amount
" of rice fit for 'human consumption which was 
recovered from the remilling operations consisted of 8,650 pounds.