18589. Adulteration of frozen eggs. U. S. v. 546 Cans of Frozen -Eggs. Consent decree of condemnation entered. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 26934. I. S. Nos. 36942, 36943. S. No. 5145.) Samples of frozen eggs from the shipments herein described having been found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Southern District of Texas. On September 1, 1931, the United States attorney filed in the District Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- demnation of 546 cans of frozen eggs, remaining in the original packages at Houston, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Tranin Egg Products Co., from Kansas City. Mo., in part on or about June 9, 1931, and in part on or about August 15, 1931, and had been transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Texas, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act, The article was labeled in part: " Tranin's Pure Frozen Eggs. Mixed Eggs. Sam Tranin Produce Co., * * * Kansas City, Mo." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- sisted in part of a decomposed- and putrid food substance. On September 29,1931, the Tranin Egg Products Co., Kansas City, Mo., having appeared as claimant for the property and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon the execution of a bond in the sum of $3,000, conditioned in part that it should not be sold or offered for sale in violation of the Federal food and drugs act, or the laws of any State or Territory, and it was further ordered by the court that the claimant pay all costs. ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of A&ricwltwe.