19417. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 120,000 Pounds, etc.    (F. D. C No. 33472.
Sample No. 65253-L.) '
LIBEL FILED :   July 16,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 26, 1952, by the Perley Farmers Co- 
operative Elevator Association, from Perley, Minn., to Superior, Wis., where 
it was reshipped to Duluth, Minn.
PRODUCT:   120,000 pounds of wheat at Duluth, Minn.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (2), the product 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 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 re- 
leased under bond for reprocessing by scouring, under the supervision of the 
Federal Security Agency. As a result of the scouring operations, 4,180 pounds 
of the product were found unfit and were destroyed.