9040. Adulteration of rice grits.   U. S. v. 100 Bags of Rice Grits.   Default decree
of condemnation. Product ordered sold to the highest bidder. (F. D. C. 
No. 15845.   Sample No. 22030-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 30,1945, Eastern District of Missouri.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:   On or about October 31,1944, from Crowley, La.
PRODUCT:   100   100-pound bags of rice grits at St. Louis, Mo.,^ in the possession
of the Grocers Warehouse. 
The article was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment.   Some
of the bags were rodent-gnawed, and rodent pellets were observed on them.
Examination showed that the article contained rodent pellets. 
NATURE OF CHARGE:   Adulteration, Section 402  (a)   (3), the article 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: April 27, 1945. No claimant having appeared, judgment of con- 
demnation was entered and the product was ordered sold, conditioned upon 
the adoption of safeguards to insure that it would not be disposed of for human 
consumption.