3835.   Adulteration  of  shell  eggrs.     U.   S. *     *     *     v.  7  Cases  of  S3iell  Eg-^s.?
Defanlt  decree   of  condemnation,  forfeiture,  and   destruction.      (F.
& D. No. 6299.    I. S. No. 1-143-k.    S. No. E-221.)
On February 20, 1915, the United States attorney for the Southern District?
of New York, 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 7 cases of shell eggs, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the product had been shipped?
and transported from the State of Nebraska into the State of New York, the?
shipment arriving on or about February 1, 1915, and charging adulteration in?
violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
It was alleged in the libel that the product was liable to condemnation and?
confiscation, as provided by said act of Congress, in that each of said cases?
contained an article of food, to wit, shell eggs, which, being an animal sub??
stance, was adulterated contrary to the provisions of said Food and Drugs Act,?
in that such article of food consisted, in whole or in part, of filthy, decomposed?
or putrid animal substance, to wit, decayed eggs, contrary to the provisions of?
section 7, subdivision 6 under " Food," of said Food and Drugs Act
On March 10, 1915, 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.
CARL VEOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11, 1915.
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