19624. Adulteration of wheat.   U. Si v. 124,200 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
33420.   Sample No. 48547-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   June 25,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about June 3, 1952, by the Farmers Elevator Co., 
from Butte, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   124,200 pounds of wheat at Minneapolis, 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 18, 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 scouring, 
under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency.   As a result of the
, scouring operation, 121,850 pounds of the product were salvaged and 3,270 
pounds, the unfit portion, were destroyed by burning.