19770. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 1 Carload   *   *   *.    (F. D. C. No.
33478.    Sample No. 65254-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   July 17,1952, District of Minnesota. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about June 24, 1952, by the Farmers Trading Co.,
from Cut Bank, Mont. 
PRODUCT:    1 carload of wheat at Duluth, 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 1, 1952. The Farmers Trading Co., 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 reproc- 
essed by distillation 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 the preceding notices of judgment, Nos. 19768 and 19769, and in the follow- 
ing, No. 19771, were commingled for purposes of the scouring operations. As 
a result of these operations, 12,840 pounds of wheat were found unfit and 
were destroyed.