7555. Adulteration of rice grits.    U. S. v. 979 Bags of Rice Grits.    Default decree
of condemnation.    Product ordered sold to the highest bidder.     (F. D. C.
No. 13637.    Sample No. 89701-F.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 6, 1944, Eastern District of Missouri. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :    On or about April 4, 1944, by the Champaign Rice Mills 
Co., from Memphis, Tenn.
PRODUCT:   979 100-pound bags of rice grits, at St. Louis, Mo.
VIOLATION CHARGED: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of beetles 
and larvae.
DISPOSITION: November 20, 1944. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered sold and delivered 
to the highest bidder, conditioned that it be disposed of in compliance with 
the law.