110SS. Adulteration of eggs.    U. S. v. 406 Cases of Eggs.     Consent decree-?
of  condemnation  and  forfeiture.     Product   released  under  bond.
(F. & D. No. 16679.    I. S. No. 3754-v.    S. No. O3705.)
On July 13, 1922, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, 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 406 cases of eggs, remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had been shipped by J. H.?
Cheatham, Buck]in, Kans., June 28, 1922, and transported from the State of?
Kansas 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 filthy animal substance, for the further reason that it con??
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance, and for the further reason?
that it consisted in part of a putrid animal substance.
On July 14, 1922, the Ralph Hurst Co., Chicago, 111., claimant, having ad??
mitted the material allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a?
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was?
ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon pay??
ment 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 it?
be recandled under the supervision of this department, the bad portion de??
stroyed and the good portion delivered to the claimant.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.