20259. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 116,200 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
34506.   Sample No. 48729-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   December 20,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about November 25, 1952, by the Bowman Farmers 
Union Elevator, from Bowman, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   116,200 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 dead 
rats and rodent pellets.
DISPOSITION : May 12, 1953. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association, 
St. Paul, Minn., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment 
of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be re- 
leased under bond for reprocessing by cleaning and scouring, under the super- 
vision of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. As a result of 
the reprocessing operations, 2,120 pounds of the product were found unfit.