3712. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. v. 35 Cases * * * Shell Eggs. Default decree of?
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5896. I. S. No. 7593-h. S.No.?
C-84.)
On September 2,1914, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,?
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 25 cases,?
each containing 30 dozen shell eggs, remaining unsold in the original packages at?
Chicago, 111., alleging that the product had been shipped on August 28, 1914, and?
transported from the State of Iowa into the State of Illinois^ and charging adulteration?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the product was alleged in the libel for the reason that when it was?
so 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?
consisted 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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