19776. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 2,000 Bushels   *   *   *.    (F. D. C. No.
33656.    Sample No. 65589-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   August 28,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about August 4, 1952, by the Wheatland Elevator 
Co., from Bottineau, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:   2,000 bushels of wheat at Duluth, 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 3,1952, The Wheatland Elevator Co., 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 reprocessing 
into industrial alcohol, or feed, under the supervision of the Federal Security 
Agency.
On September 29,1952, the decree was amended to permit the Farmers Union 
Grain Terminal Association, St. Paul, Minn., to be substituted as claimant 
and to permit the reprocessing of the product by scouring.
The product involved in the instant case was commingled with the product 
involved in the case reported in the preceding notice of judgment, No. 19775, 
for the purposes of the scouring operations. 3,430 pounds of the commingled 
product were found unfit and were destroyed.