14877. Adulteration of corn.   U. S. v. 299 Sacks   *   *   *.   (F. D. C. No. 26871.
Sample No. 45571-K.)
LIBEL FILED :   March 16,1949, Western District of Arkansas.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about November 1, 1948, by Frank S. Garwood & 
Sons, Stonington, Ill.
PRODUCT: 299 sacks, each containing 56 pounds, of corn at Hot Springs, Ark. 
The product had been treated for use as seed corn, but it was sold as animal 
feed.
LABEL IN PART: "Funk's 'G' Hybrid Special Seed Treatment Applied (Poison) 
*    *    *   Feed."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the product contained 
an added deleterious substance, a mercury compound, which is unsafe within 
the meaning of the law since it is a substance not required in the production 
of the food and could have been avoided by good manufacturing practice.
DISPOSITION :    May 10, 1949.   Default decree of condemnation and destruction.