3710. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. v. 15 Cases * * * Shell Eggs. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5892. I. S. No. 28306-h. S.?
No. C-80.)
On September 1, 1914, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illi??
nois, 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 condemnation of 15?
cases, each containing 80 dozen shell eggs, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the product had been shipped on August 22,?
1914, and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Pood and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that when it was?
shipped, as aforesaid, it consisted wholly of a filthy animal substance; for the further?
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy animal substance; for the further reason that?
it consisted wholly of a decomposed animal substance; for the further reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance; for the further reason that it con*?
sisted wholly of a putrid animal substance; and for the further reason that it consisted?
in part of a putrid animal substance.
On November 21, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the?
product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26, 1915
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