8957. Adulteration of eggs. U.S. * * * v. 12 Cases of Eggs. Consent decree of condemna??
tion and forfeiture. Product ordered released on bond. (F. & D. No. 13567. I. S. No.?
10228-t.   S. No. W-G41.)
On July 31, 1920, 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 12 cases of eggs,?
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., alleging that?
the article had been shipped on or about July 25, 1920, and transported from the?
State of Kansas into the State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of?
the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part, "From C. F. Wilkins,?
Hugoton, Kans."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it consisted?
in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, decomposed?
and rotten eggs, and was unfit for food.
On August 30, 1920, C. W. Bedford, Denver, Colo., claimant, having admitted the?
allegations of the libel and consented to a decree condemning said eggs as adulterated,?
it was ordered by the court that the product be delivered to said claimant upon pay??
ment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $100,?
in conformity with section 10 of the act.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.