12886. Adulteration  of shell  eggs.     TJ.  S. v.  6  Cases,  et  al.,  of  Shell  Egi;s.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond. (F. & D. Nos. 18954, 18955, 18957, 19030, 19032. S. Nos. 
W-1561,  W-1562,  W-1563,  W-1577,  W-1578.)
On or about August 23 and September 9, 1924, respectively, the United States 
attorney for the District of Colorado, acting upon reports by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels praying the seizure and condemnation of 192 cases of shell eggs, remain- 
ing in the original unbroken packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by George 
Kliren, alleging that the article had been shipped between the dates of August 
9 and 26, 1924, and transported from the State of "Nebraska into the State of 
Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libels for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance, to wit, 
of decomposed and rotten eggs, which were unfit for food.
On or about September 25, 1924, the cases having been consolidated into one 
action and George Kliren, Trenton, Nebr., claimant, having admitted the allega- 
tions of the libels 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 $3,000, in conformity 
with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be examined under the 
supervision of this department, and the bad eggs destroyed.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.