12223. Adulteration   of  shell   egg's.     IT.   S.  v.   115   Cases   of  Eggs.     Consent
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Produet released under 
bond to be candled. (F. & D. No. 17755. I. S. No. 424&-V. S. No. 
C-4086.)
On August 2, 1923, 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 115 cases of eggs, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by the 
S. W. Mahan Produce Co., from Sigourney, Iowa, July 20, 1923, and transported 
from the State of Iowa 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 August 14, 1923, the John L. Brink Co., claimant, having admitted the 
material allegations of the libel and having 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 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 released to the claimant.
HOWARD M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.