19361. Adulteration of wheat.  U. S. v. Ill,090 Pounds * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 33471.
Sample No. 65252-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 15, 1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 20, 1952, by "the Centennial Flouring 
Mills Co., from Havre, Mont.
PRODUCT:   Ill,000 pounds of wheat at Duluth, 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 30,1952. The Centennial Flouring Mills Co., 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 to be reprocessed 
into industrial alcohol, under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. 
On September 4, 1952, the decree was amended to substitute the Farmers 
Union Grain Terminal Association, St. Paul, Minn., as claimant, and to 
permit reprocessing of the wheat by scouring. The wheat in the instant case 
and the wheat involved in the cases reported in notices of judgment on food, 
Nos. 19359 and 19360, were commingled for purposes of the scouring oper- 
ations. As a result of such operations, 7,250 pounds of wheat were found unfit 
and were destroyed.