4308. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. * * * v. 155 Cases of Shell Eggsf?
*-?* *. -Consent -decree - of- condemnation and forfeiture. Prod??
uct ordered destroyed.     (P. & D. No. 6903.   . S. No. E-411.)   -
On October 5, 1915; the United States attorney for the District of Maryland,?
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 155 cases of shell eggs, more or less, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the product had been shipped?
and transported from the State of New York into the State of Maryland, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.?
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that the shell eggs con??
sisted in part of filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal matter, to wit, rots and?
spots, and of eggs of a general class unquestionably unfit for food purposes.
On October 6, 1915, The Eastern Tanners Egg Yolk Co., Baltimore, Md., hayr?
ing filed its answer admitting the material allegations in the libel and sub??
mitting to a decree, 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 YBOOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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