19358. Adulteration of wheat.  U. S. v. 91,800 Pounds * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 33395.
Sample No. 48900-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   June 13,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about May 29,1952, by the Farmers Cooperative As- 
sociation, from Thunder Hawk, S. Dak.
PRODUCT:   91,800 pounds of 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 : July 18, 1952. 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 
released under bond, conditioned that it be reprocessed by scouring, under the 
supervision of a representative of the Federal Security Administrator. Of 
the 92,000 pounds seized, 7,960 pounds of scourings and waste material were 
eliminated and destroyed.