17288. Adulteration of shell  eggs.    V.  S. v.  70  Cases  of  Shell  Egrgs.    De 
fault decree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction.     (F. &
D. No. 24806.    I. S. No. 028264.    S. No. 3043.)
On March 27, 1930, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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 70 cases of shell eggs, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Philadelphia, Pa., consigned by the Kerr Ohickeries (Inc.), alleging 
that the article had been shipped from Frenchtown, N. J., on or about March 
26, 1930, and transported from the State of New Jersey into the State of 
Pennsylvania, 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- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On April 14, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.