GS2S. Adulteration of shell csgs. TJ. S. * * * v. 129 Cases of SJiell Eggs.?
Deci'ee 6f c6nde*nnaflon cad forfeiture. Unfit portion ordered de??
stroyed. Goott jrortio-n ordered released. (P. & D. No. 9423. I. S.?
No. 6309-r.     S. No. C-1000.)
On October 14, 1918, the United States attorney for the Northern District Of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed In the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 129 cases, each containing 30 dozen shell eggs, at Chicago, 111.,?
alleging that the article had been shipped on September 30, 1918, by the North??
ern Produce Co., Aberdeen, S. D., and transported from the State of South?
Dakota into the State of Illinois, 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 con??
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance, and for the further reason?
that it consisted in part of a filthy animal substance.
On October 29, 1918, the matter coming on to be heard upon the motion of?
John R. Tyler, doing business as John U. Tyler & Co., Chicago, 111., claimant for?
the proceeds of the cale of a portion of the product, judgment of condemnation?
and forfeiture was entered, it having theretofore been ordered by the court that?
the pfoduct should be separated under the supervision of a representative of this?
department and that the portion unfit for human food should be destroyed, and?
the portion fit for human food should be sold, and it was ordered by the court?
that the proceeds of the sale of the edible portion of the eggs, less court costs?
and necessary expenses, be delivered to said claimant.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.