19814. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 1 Carload * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 33608.
Sample No. 48964-L.)
LIBEL FILED :   July 31,1952. District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT : On or about July 2.1952. by the Gallatin Valley Milling Co., 
from Choteau. Mont.
PRODUCT:   1 carload 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 food and can be avoided by good manufacturing practice.
DISPOSITION : August 15, 1952. The Atwood-Larson Co., Duluth, Minn., claim- 
ant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the court ordered that the product be released under bond, condi- 
tioned that it be reprocessed by distillation into industrial alcohol, under the 
supervision of the Federal Security Agency.
On October 1,1952, the decree was amended to substitute the Farmers Union 
Grain Terminal Association as claimant and to provide for reprocessing by 
scouring. The cleaned grain, consisting of 119.060 pounds, was released, and 
the scourings, consisting of 4,280 pounds, were destroyed.