19619. Adulteration of wheat.  U. S. v. 94,000 Pounds * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 33417.
Sample No. 49003-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 24, 1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 29,1952, by the Hartung-Erickson Elevator 
Co., from Frankfort, S. Dak.
PRODUCT:   94,000 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 food and can be avoided by good manufacturing practice.
DISPOSITION : July 2 and 7, 1952. The shipper, 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 by distilla- 
tion 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 grain by scouring.
The wheat in the instant case and the wheat involved in the cases reported in 
notices of judgment Nos. 19620 to 19623, inch, were commingled for purposes 
of the scouring operations. As a result of these operations, 8,720 pounds of 
wheat were found unfit and were destroyed.