19465. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 1 Carload * * *.   (F. D. C. No. 33657.
Sample No. 65154-L.) 
LIBEL FILED :   August 26,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about August 7,1952, by the HiLine Farmers Union 
Grain Co., from Peak, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   1 carload 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 : September 10, 1952. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Associ- 
ation, St. Paul, Minn., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, 
'judgment of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the prod- 
uct be released under bond for reprocessing by scouring, under the supervision 
of the Federal Security Agency.
As a result of the scouring operations, 4,330 pounds of the product were 
found unfit and were destroyed.