137.87. Adulteration of shell eggs. TJ. S. v. 384 Cases of Egss. Consent 
decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond.     (F. & D. No. 20423.     I. S. No. 1405-x.     S. No. C-4796.)
Oil or about August 25, 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 384 cases of eggs, remaining in the original un- 
broken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by 
Stensvad Poultry Co., from North Platte, Nebr., August 19, 1925, and trans-
ported from the State of Nebraska into the State of Illinois, and charging adul- 
teration 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, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
During the month of September, 1925, W. E. Sage, Chicago, Ill., 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 the eggs be candled under the supervision of this department, the 
bad portion destroyed, and the good portion released.
C. F. MABVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.