Skip page top navigationFDA Logo--links to FDA home page Logo of and Link to start page of Office of Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Affairs HHS Logo and link to Department of Health and Human Services website

FDA Home Page | Federal-State | Import Program | Compliance | Inspection | Science | ORA Search

Sec. 578.400 Treated Grain Seed - Mercury Residue (CPG 7104.05)

REGULATORY ACTION GUIDANCE:

The following represents criteria for direct reference seizure to Division of Compliance Management and Operations (HFC-210) and for direct citation by district offices:

The wheat contains an average of 10 or more pink kernels per 500 grams, and the mercury residue on the pink kernels exceeds one part per million.

SPECIMEN CHARGE:

Article adulterated when introduced into and while in interstate commerce, within meaning of 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(2)(B), in that it is a raw agricultural commodity and contains a pesticide chemical, namely, a mercurial compound, which is unsafe within meaning of 21 U.S.C. 346a(a), since no tolerance and no exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for such pesticide chemical on wheat has been prescribed by regulations promulgated pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 346a(b).

Issued: 10/1/80