114S7. Adulteration of shell eggs. V. S. v. 420 Cases of Eggs. Consent?
decree of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product released under
bond.     (P. & D. No. 16876.    I. S. No. 3939-v.     S. No. C-3807.)
On or about September 20, 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 praying the?
seizure and condemnation of 420 cases of eggs, remaining in the original un??
broken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had been shipped by?
Peter Fox Sons Co., from Rollo, Mo., September 5, 1922, and transported from?
the State of Missouri 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 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 substafice.
On September 25, 1922, the Peter Fox Sons Co., Chicago, 111., claimant, hav??
ing admitted 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
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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 it?
be candled under the supervision of this department, the bad portion destroyed?
and the good portion delivered to the claimant.
HOWAED M. GOEE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.