15546. Adulteration of fruiten eggs. V. S. v. 625 Cans of Frozen Eggs. 
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond.     (F. & D. No, 22289.    1. S. No. 20953-x.    S. No. 340.)
On December 15, 1927, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, 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 
and condemnation of 625 cans of frozen eggs, consigned by the U. S. Cold 
Storage Co., Kansas City, Mo., remaining in the original unbroken packages at 
New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped from Kansas City,
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Mo.,   on or about  November  25,   1927,   and  transported   from   the   State  of
Missouri into the State of New York, and charging adulteration in violation 
of the food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it con-
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sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, to wit,
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rotten, sour, and musty eggs.
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On   January  4,   1928,   Ralph   Hurst,   Kansas   City,   Mo.,   claimant,   having 
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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 $5,000, conditioned in part that it be salvaged by separating the good 
portion from the bad portion, and the latter destroyed or denatured.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.