18897. Adulteration of canned frozen -whole egrgrs. IT. S. v. 1,000 Cans of Frozen Whole Egrgrs. Consent decree of condemnation and for- feiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 26967. I. S. No. 36985. S. No. 5183.) Samples of canned frozen whole eggs from the shipment herein described having been found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter to the United States attorney for the Western District of Texas. On September 12, 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 1,000 cans of frozen whole eggs at San Antonio, Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped by the U. S, Cold Storage Co., acting for the Tranin Egg Products Co., from Kansas City, Mo., on or about August 17, 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 Egg Products Co, Skins Removed from Yolks Pure Frozen Eggs Whole Eggs." It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance. On October 2, 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 $5,000, conditioned in part that it should not be sold or offered for sale in violation of any existing laws, and it was further ordered that claimant pay all costs. AETHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.