31Sf>. Adulteration of desiccated egrgs. U. S. v. 3 Barrels of Desiccated?
Eggs. Default decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruc??
tion.     (F. & D. No. 5344.     S. No. 1952.)
On October 6, 1913, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of?
Ohio, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District?
Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and con??
demnation of 3 barrels, each containing approximately 200 pounds of desiccated?
eggs, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages and in possession of?
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co. at its freight house, Cincin??
nati, O., as bailee of the Consolidated Egg Co., Cincinnati, O., consignee, alleging?
that the product had been transported in interstate commerce from the State of?
Texas into the State of Ohio and charging adulteration in violation of the Food?
and Drugs Act. The product was labeled: " Rush?Consolidated Egg Co.??
Cincinnati, Ohio?Notify E. W. Habermaas, Cincinnati, Ohio. Keep cool??
Dry?Head up?Perishable?200 lbs.?91146?9?Frisco?St. Louis?13."
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On November 17, 1913, no claimant having appeared for the product, an order?
pro confesso was entered.
On January 10, 1914, final judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was?
entered upon motion of the .United States attorney and upon the testimony of?
witnesses offered ex parte on behalf of the libelant, and it was ordered by?
the court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
B. T. GALLOWAY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26, 19 U.
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