11666.?Adulteration of evaporated milk.     U. S. v. 600 Cases of Evaporated
Milk. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product?
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 17114. I. S. No. 4110-V. S. No.?
C-3866.)
On January 6, 1923, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying the seizure and?
condemnation of 600 cases of evaporated milk, consigned by Burt-Zaiser Co.,?
Burlington, Iowa, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Chicago,?
111., alleging that the article had been shipped from Burlington, Iowa, December?
2, 1922, and transported from the State of Iowa into the State of Illinois, and?
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was?
labeled in part: "Autumn Leaf Brand Evaporated Milk Average Net Weight?
One Pound or Over Packed for Burt-Zaiser Company, Burlington, Iowa."
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it con??
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On July 12, 1923, the Food Products Supply Service, claimant, having ad??
mitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was 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 a bond in the sum of $1,0U0, in?
conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that the good por??
tion be separated from the bad under the supervision of this department, the?
bad portion destroyed and the good portion released for manufacturing purposes?
which would require cooking.
HOWAKD M. GOEE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.