16328. Adulteration of sliell egrgs.    XT.  S. v. 8 Cases, et al., of SheH Kgsgrs.
Decrees of condemnation entered.    Product released under bond.
(F. & D. Nos. 22934, 22959.    I. S. Nos. 0817, 0818, 0820.    S. Nos. 1018, 1031.)
On July 31 and August 4, 1928, respectively,'"the United
' States attorney for 
the Northern District of Alabama, acting upon, reports, by, the Secretary, of 
Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United States for said district 
libels praying seizure and condemnation of 23 cases' of shell eggs at Birming- 
ham, Ala., alleging that the article had been shipped by the H. E. Noel Produce 
Co., in part from Baldwyn, Miss., and in part from Corinth, Miss., in two con- 
signments,, on July 25, 1928, and July 28, 1928,. respectively, and transported 
from the State of Mississippi into the State of Alabama, and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled in part: 
"From H. B. Noel Produce Company Baldwyn: (and " Cbrinth ") Mississippi."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy and decomposed animal substance.
On October 11, 1928, the H. E. Noel Produce. Co., Baldwyn, Miss., having 
appeared as claimant for the property and having admitted the allegations of 
the libels, judgments of condemnation were entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of costs 
and the execution of bonds totaling $600: It was further ordered by the court 
that the eggs be recandled and inspected by a representative of this department 
and sold only after such inspection and approval! by this department.
ARTHUR M: HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.