4902. Adatteratian of eggs. IT. S. * * * v. 9 Cases -of Eggs * * * V. S.? * * *? v. 5 Cases of Eggs. Default cleci?ees of eomdeuMaatiom, for?? feiture, and sale. (F. & D. No. 6&S9. S. Nos. E-461, E-462.) On November 8, 1915, the United States attorney for the District of Massa?? chusetts, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the? District Court of the United States lor said district libels of information? for the seizure and condemnation of 9 cases of eggs, consigned by the H. U.? Handy Co., Hartford, Conn., and 5 cases of eggs, consigned by Kamius Bros.,? Hartford, Conn., and remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at? Boston, Mass., alleging that the article had been shipped and transported from? the State of Connecticut into the State of Massachusetts, and charging adul?? teration in violation of the Food and Drags Act Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels of information for the? reason that it consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal? substance. On September 22, 1916, no claimant having appeared for the property, which? had theretofore been ordered sold upon petition by the United States attorney,? judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered. B. A. PEABSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 548 BUBEAU OF CHEMISTRY. [Supplement29.