11168.?Adulteration of shell eggs.     U. S. v. 62 Cases of Eg'gs.     Consent de-
decree of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product  released under?
bond.     (P. & D. No. 16825.    I. S. No. 3934i-v.    S, No. C-3789.)
On or about August 24, 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 62 cases of eggs, remaining unsold in the?
original unbroken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had?
been shipped by Earl Gough, Granite Falls, Minn., August 18, 1922, and trans??
ported from the State of Minnesota into the State of Illinois, and charging?
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the?
reason that it consisted in part of a filthy animal substance, for the further?
reason that it consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance, and for the?
further reason that it consisted in part of a putrid animal substance.
On September 7, 1922, Peter Fox & Sons, Chicago, 111., claimants, having?
admitted the 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 claimants upon 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 eggs be?
candled under the supervision of this department, the bad portion destroyed and?
the good portion delivered to the claimants.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.