19356. Adulteration of wheat. U. S. v. 121,800 Pounds * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 33425.
Sample No. 49005-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   June 26,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 27, 1952, by the Grenora Farmers Eleva- 
tor Co., from Grenora, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:    121,800 pounds of wheat at Minneapolis, Minn.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the article contained 
an added poisonous and deleterious substance, a mercurial compound, which 
is unsafe within the meaning of the law since it is a substance not required 
in the production of the article and can be avoided by good manufacturing 
practice.
DISPOSITION : July 18, 1952. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association, 
St. Paul, Minn., 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, conditioned that it be reprocessed by scouring, under the 
supervision of a representative of the Federal Security Administrator. The 
product was reprocessed, and 1,710 pounds of scourings and broken kernels 
were eliminated and destroyed and 121,300 pounds were salvaged. (123,010 
pounds had been seized.)