5274. Adulteration of shell eggs- IT. S. * * * v. 4 Cases of Shell Eggs, 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Unfit portion or- 
dered destroyed.    Fit portion ordered  released on bond.     (F.  & D.
No. 7694.    I. S. No. 21415-m.    S. No. W-110.)
On August 16, 1916, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
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 4 cases of shell eggs, consigned by F. C. Herdman & Co., Walker, IKans., 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging 
that the article had been shipped on or about August 9, 1916, and transported 
from the State of Kansas into the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of filthy, putrid, and decomposed matter.
On September 23, 1916, F. W. Blankenbugler, Denver, Colo., claimant, having 
admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture 
was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the portion found to be 
unfit for food be destroyed and the portion found to be fit for food be released 
to said claimant, upon the filing of a good and sufficient bond, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act.
It. A. PEARSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.