7338. Adulteration of frozen eggs. U. S. * * * v. 696 Cases of Frozen 
Egg-s. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
ordered released on bond. (P. & D. No. 10107. I. S. No. 5635-r. 
S. No. C-1187.)
On April 29, 1919, 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 696 cases of frozen eggs at' Chicago, Ill., alleging that the 
article had been shipped on December 11, 19.18, by E. B. Higley Co., Mason City, 
Iowa, and transported from the State of Iowa 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 
consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance, and for the further reason 
that it consisted in part of a filthy animal substance, and for the further reason 
that it consisted in part of a putrid animal substance.
On July 29, 1919, the said E. B. Higley Co., claimant, having admitted the 
allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, 
and it was ordered by the court that the product should be released to said 
claimant upon the payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of 
a bond in the sum of $1,000, in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned 
in part that the product be examined under the supervision of a representative 
of this department, the portion found fit for human consumption to be released 
to said claimant, and the portion found unfit for human consumption to be 
released to said claimant to be used for manufacturing purposes only and not 
for human consumption.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.