19815. Adulteration of wheat.   U. S. v. 1 Carload * * *.    (F. D. C. No. 33614.
Sample No. 65264-L.)
LIBEL FILED:   July 31,1952, District of Minnesota.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about July 11, 1952, by Bert Henry & Sons, from 
Dunning, N. Dak.
PRODUCT:    1 carload of wheat at St. Paul, 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 prac- 
tice.
DISPOSITION : August 13, 1952. The Farmers Union Grain Terminal Associa- 
tion, St. Paul, Minn., claimant, having consented to the entry of a decree, judg-
Rent of condemnation was entered and the court ordered that the product be 
released under bond, conditioned that a quantity of flax that was in the car be 
removed and the wheat reprocessed by scouring under the supervision of the 
Federal Security Agency. The wheat was scoured, resulting In the release of 
54,310 pounds of clean grain and in the destruction of 2,650 pounds of scour- 
ings.