20056. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 93,600 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
34496.    Sample No. 20208-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   December 16, 1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about December 1, 1952, by the Hettinger Coop. 
Equity Exchange, from Hettinger, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   93,600 pounds of wheat at Minneapolis, Minn.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance by reason of the presence of rodent 
excreta.
DISPOSITION : February 4, 1953. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Associa- 
tion, St. Paul, Minn., 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 reprocessing by cleaning and scouring under the supervision 
of the Federal Security Agency. As a result of the reprocessing operations, 
27,960 pounds of the product were found unfit and were set aside for sale as 
animal feed.