13010. Adulteration of  shell  eggs.     XJ.  S.  v.  19S  Cases  of  Eggs.     Consent
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond to be salvaged. (F. & D. No. 19553. I. S. No. 19337-v. S. No. 
C-4618.)
On January 17, 1925, 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 198 cases of eggs, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by W. T. 
Fisher, from Evansville; Ind., January 1, 1925,, and transported from the State 
of Indiana into the State of Illinois, 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On January 21, 1925, G. W. Randall, Chicago, Ill., claimant, having admitted 
the 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 can- 
dled under the supervision of this department and the bad portion destroyed.
W. M. JAEDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.