20026. Adulteration of shell eggs.    U.S. v. 5 Cases,  et al., of Shell Eggs.
Decree   of   destruction   entered. . (F.   &  D.   No.   28556.     Sample   Nos. 
11009-A.11010-A.)
This action involved the shipment of quantities of shell eggs, which were 
found to be in part decomposed.
On July 9, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 29 cases of shell eggs, remaining in the original unbroken pack- 
ages at Jersey City, N.J., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce, in part on or about April 14, 1931, and in part on or about 
April 25, 1931, by the E. G. Morse Co., from Mason City, Iowa, to Jersey City. 
N.J., 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 consisted 
in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance.
On August 15, 1932, the owner having expressed a desire to surrender the 
eggs for destruction, judgment was entered by the court ordering that the 
product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
ft. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.