15521.  Adulteration of shell eggs.     U. S. v. 100 Cases and 21 Cases of Eggs.
Decree .of  condemnation   entered.     Product  released under  bond.
(F. & D. No. 22034.     I. S. Nos   14330-x, 14337-x.     S. No. 63 )
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On August 9, 1927, the United States attorney for the Western District of
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Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure
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and condemnation of 121 cases of shell eggs, remaining in the original un-
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broken packages at Louisville, Ky., consigned by Marshall Bros., New Albany,
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Ind., in part July 16, 1927, and in part July 27, 1927, alleging that the article
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had been transported in interstate commerce from New Albany, Ind., into the
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State of Kentucky,  and charging adulteration in violation of the food and
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drugs act    A portion of the article was labeled, " Dirties," or " Dirties and
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Seconds."
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It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con-
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sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
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On August 10, 1927, Marshall Brothers, New Albany, Ind., having appeared
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as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation was entered and it
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was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant
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upon the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000, conditioned in part that
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the eggs be sorted under the supervision of this department and the decomposed
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portion destroyed.
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W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.
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