4490. Adulteration and misbranding1 of liquid eggs. IT. S. * * * v. 550?
Cases of Liquid Eg-g-s. Consent decree of condemnation and for??
feiture.     Produet ordered released on bond.     (F. & D.  No.  6589.     S.
No. E-311.)
On June 7, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey,?
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 550 cases, each containing two 28-pound cans, of liquid?
eggs, preserved with boric acid, remaining unsold in the original un??
broken packages at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the eggs were Intended?
for export to a foreign country, and charging adulteration and misbranding?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled: " For?
Manufacturing Purposes, only. Packed by Eastern Export Company for Em??
pire Distributing Co. London, E. C."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted, in whole or in part, of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal sub??
stance.
Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the labels on the cases bore or?
contained a statement which was false and misleading in that the eggs were?
intended for consumption as human food, and not intended for manufacturing?
purposes only.
On May 1, 1916, Samuel Rottenberg, of the Eastern Export Co., Jersey City,?
N. J., claimant, having consented to a decree, judgment of condemnation and?
forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the article should?
be delivered to said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and?
the execution of bond in the sum of $2,000 in conformity with section 10 of the?
act, one of the conditions of the bond being that the eggs should be examined?
at the time of their release by a representative of the Bureau of Chemistry, and?
the same denatured under his supervision in accordance with the rules and?
regulations of the Department of Agriculture, before being sold or disposed of?
by the owner thereof, or permitted to go forward into interstate commerce.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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