21762. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 35,650 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
36940.    Sample No. 85403-L.)
LIBEL FILED :    September 3, 1954, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 4, 1954, by the Donnybrook Farmers 
Union Elevator Co., from Donnybrook, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   35,650 pounds of bulk wheat at Minneapolis, 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 : September 17, 1954. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Assn., 
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, 4,460 pounds of the product were found unfit and 
were destroyed.