12756. Adulteration of shell egrgrs. T7. S. v. 20 Cases of Shell Eg-g-s. Decree 
of forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 18968. 
I. S. No. 18348-v.    S. No. E-4932.)
On or about August 21, 1924, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis- 
trict of North Carolina, 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 20 cases of shell eggs, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at Raleigh, N. C, consigned by the Bristol Produce Co., 
Bristol, Va., alleging that the article had been shipped from Bristol, Va., on or 
about August 21, 1924, and transported from the State of Virginia into the State 
of North Carolina 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 contained 12 per cent of decomposed eggs.
On September 27, 1924, the Bristol Produce Co., Bristol, Va., claimant, having 
executed a bond in the sum of $100 in conformity with section 10 of the act, 
and the product having been released to the said claimant, judgment of the 
court was entered, forfeiting the product and ordering that the bond be 
released upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and proof that the eggs 
had been reconditioned and the inedible eggs rejected.
HOWARD M. GORE, Secretary of Agriculture.