29239. Sugar.    (F.D.C. No. 49098.    S. No. 54-158 V.)
QUANTITY:   30   50-lb. bags and 341   100-lb. bags at Salina and Smolan, Kans.
SHIPPED :   3-14-63, from Juniata, Nebr., by CB Q Railroad, Freight Claims Dept.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION : Analysis showed that the sugar contained approxi- 
mately 3 parts per million of arsenic compound and approximately 3,020 parts 
per million of boron compound. Investigation disclosed that the article was 
salvaged sugar from a train wreck in which rail cars containing sugar and 
borax were involved, and that the sugar had been dumped on the ground where 
it may have become contaminated with an arsenical weed killer used to treat 
the track right-of-way.
LIBELED :    7-2-63, Dist. Kans.
CHARGE: 402(a) (2) (A)—when shipped, contained added poisonous deleterious 
substances, namely, arsenic and boron compounds, which were unsafe within 
the meaning of 406.
DISPOSITION :   8-23-63.   Default—destruction.