19466. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 1 Carload * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 33624.
Sample No. 65268-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 2, 1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about July 15, 1952, by Bert Henry & Sons, from 
Dunning, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   1 carload 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 : August 13, 1952. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Associ- 
ation, 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 for the purpose of removing the flax which had been 
found to be in the product and for reprocessing the wheat by scouring, under 
the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.
The wheat was separated from the flax, with the result that, out of the 
77,520 pounds contained in the railroad ear, 21,940 pounds were found to
- consist sir wheat.   This wheat was reprocessed by scouring, * with the-result 
thai? 710 pounds of the product were found unfit and were destroyed.