17815. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. v. 5 Cases of Eggs. Default de cree of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 24987. I. S. No. 6521. S. No. 3314.) Examination of shell eggs from the herein-described interstate shipment hav- ing shown that a large portion were decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. On July 23,1930, the said United States attorney filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and condem- nation of five cases of eggs, remaining in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill. alleging that the article had been shipped by C H. Wells, from Briscoe, Mo., July 19, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Illinois, 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 part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance. On October 8, 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. ABTHUE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.