157S7. Adulteration of frozen eggs. U. S. v. 43 Cans of Frozen Eggs. Con??
sent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released?
under bond.     (F. & D. No. 22452.    I. S. No. 20954-x.    S. No. 541.)
On February 11, 1928, the United States attorney for the District of New?
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and?
condemnation of 43 cans of frozen eggs at Newark, N. J., alleging that the?
article had been shipped by the Detroit Butter & Egg Co., Detroit, Mich., on
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or about November 17, 1927, and transported from the State of Michigan into?
the State of New Jersey, and charging adulteration in violation of the food?
and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " Pure Candegs Frozen * * ? *?
Packed Exclusively by Detroit Butter; & Egg Co., Incorporated. Detroit,?
Michigan."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con??
sisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On .Tune 18, 1928, the Detroit Butter & Egg Co., Detroit, Mich., 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 $500, conditioned in part that the cans containing good eggs be separated?
from those containing bad eggs and the latter destroyed or denatured.
li. W. DTJNI^AP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.