11084.?Adulteration   of   shell   eggs.     V.   S.   v.   400   Cases   and   400   Cases   of
Eggs. Consent decrees of condemnation and forfeiture. Prod??
uct released under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 16048, 16049. I. S. Nos,?
3367-t,  3368-t.    S.  Nos.   0-34:24,   0-3425.)
On or about January 31, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern*?
District of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture,,?
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels for the?
seizure and condemnation of 800 cases of eggs, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at New Orleans, La., alleging that the article had been?
shipped by Allen Smith, in part from Caldwell and in part from Bryan, Tex., on?
or about March 21 and 22, 1921, respectively, and transported from the State of?
Texas into the State of Louisiana, and charging adulteration in violation of the?
Food and Drugs Act.
N. J. 11051-11100.]    SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS.	47
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it?
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal sub??
stance.
On February 3, 1922, J. A. Courtney, Mobile, Ala., having entered an appear??
ance as claimant for the property through his agent, J. A. Kirkpatrick & Son,?
New Orleans, La., and having consented to the entry of decrees, judgments of?
condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of?
the proceedings and the execution of bonds in the aggregate sum of $1,800, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be correctly?
assorted and candled.
O. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.