19620. Adulteration of wheat.  U. S. v. 88,200 Pounds * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 33396.
Sample No. 48713-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 12,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about May 28, 1952, by the International Elevator 
Co., from Fallon, Mont.
PRODUCT:   88,200 pounds of wheat at Duluth, Minn.
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: June 18 and July 2, 1952. The shipper, claimant, having con- 
sented 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 
distillation into industrial alcohol, under the supervision of the Federal Secu- 
rity 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. 19619 and 19621 to 19623, incl., 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.