20611. Adulteration of eggs.    U. S. v. 57 Cases of Eggs.    Default decree of
condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. no. 29174. 
Sample no. 7841-A.)
This action involved the shipment of a quantity of eggs, examination of 
which showed the presence of decomposed eggs.
On November 1, 1932, the United States attorney for the District of Puerto 
Rico, 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 condemnation of 57 cases of eggs, remaining in the original and unbroken 
packages at San Juan, P. R., alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about September 24, 1932, from Galveston, Tex., to San Juan, P. R., by J. H. 
McLeaish & Co., 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 whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On December 10, 1932, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
R. G. TUGWEIX, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.