51829. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. v. 400 Cases of Shell Eggs. Con- 
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond to l>e recandled. (P. & D. No. 17676. I. S. No. 644-v. 
S. No. E-4455.)
On July 17, 1923, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, 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 400 cases of shell eggs, remaining unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., consigned by Hougland & Miller, 
Chrisney, Ind., alleging that the article had been shipped from Chrisney, Ind., 
on or about July 1, 1923, and transported from the State of Indiana into the 
State of New York, 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 whole or in part of decomposed eggs.
On August 17, 1923, Hougland & Miller, 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 $1,800, 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 or denatured and the 
:good portion released to the said claimants.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.