19305. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 90,000 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
33393.    Sample No. 48898-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 12,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 26, 1952, by the W. E. Kurle Elevator, 
McLaughlin, S. Dak.
PRODUCT:   90,000 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 : June 13 and 16,1952. 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 for distillation into alcohol, 
under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. The product was made 
into industrial alcohol.
CONFECTIONERY AND SIRUP
CONFECTIONERY