20605. Adulteration of canned frozen whole eggs. XT. S. -v. 23,000 Cans of Frozen 
Whole Eggs. Product released under bond; decomposed portion 
ordered destroyed or denatured. (F. & D. no. 29650. Samples nos. 
20503-A to 20525-A, incl.)
This action was based on the interstate shipment of quantities of canned 
frozen whole eggs that were in part decomposed.
On November 21, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of New 
Jersey, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying 
seizure and condemnation of 23,000 cans of frozen whole eggs, remaining in 
the original and unbroken packages at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the 
article had been shipped in interstate commerce in various consignments be- 
tween the dates of March 2 and April 6, 1932, inclusive, by Miles Friedman, 
Inc., from Chicago, Ill., to Jersey City, N. J., and charging adulteration in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: (Cans) 
" Fancy Whole Eggs."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it consisted 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
The Seaboard Terminal & Refrigeration Co., Jersey City, N. J., filed a claim 
and answer, admitting the allegations of the libel and consenting to the entry 
of a decree condemning the product On December 7, 1932, judgment was 
entered, ordering that the product be released to the claimant upon payment 
of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum of $90,000, conditioned in part 
that it be examined and sorted to separate the good from the bad, and that the 
cans containing decomposed eggs be destroyed or that they be denatured and 
used for technical purposes.
R. G. TUGWELL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.