21715. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 119,810 Pounds * * *.    (F. D. C. No.
36867.    Sample No. 76553-L.) •
LIBEL FILED :    June 30,1954, Western District of Washington.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about June 4, 1954, by Cargill, Inc., from Collins,
Mont. 
PRODUCT:    119,810 pounds of wheat at Tacoma, Wash.
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 13, 1954. Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, 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 for the purpose of 
scouring and washing, or decharacterizing, under the supervision of the 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. As a result of the recon- 
ditkming operations, 7,250 pounds of the product were found unfit and were 
destroyed.
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