17552. Adulteration of  canned  frozen   eggs.     V.  S.  v.  366  Cans   of  Frozen
Eggs. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 24753. I. S. No. 028014. S. No. 
3131.)
Samples of the canned frozen eggs from the herein described interstate ship- 
ment having been found to contain decomposed eggs, the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the. Southern Dis- 
trict of New York.
On May 10, 1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con-
demnation of 366 cans of frozen eggs, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Robin- 
son-Hoban Co., from Duluth, Minn., on or about November 22, 1929, to Buffalo, 
N. Y., and reshipped from said Buffalo to New York, N. Y., on or about March 
13, 1930, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The 
article was labeled in part: " Robinson-Hoban Co. Chicago * * * Mixed 
Egg."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance.
On July 18, 1930, the Merchants Refrigerating Co., New York, N. Y., having 
admitted the allegation of the libel and having consented to the entry of a 
decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was or- 
dered by the court that the product be delivered to the said claimant upon 
payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,300, conditioned 
in part that the good portion be separated from the bad portion, and the former 
released and the latter destroyed or denatured.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.