21955. Adulteration of   whole   frozen   eggs.     TJ.   S.   v.   380   Cans   of   Whole
Frozen Eggs. Decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond for separation and destruction of decom- 
posed portion.     (F. & D. no. 31848.    Sample no. 44201-A.)
This case involved a shipment of frozen eggs that were found to be in part 
decomposed.
On January 18, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Mary- 
land, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 380 cans of whole frozen 
eggs at Baltimore, Md., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate 
commerce on or about October 18, 1933, by the Jerpe Commission Co., from 
Omaha, Nebr., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act. The article was labeled in part: " Frigidegs Frozen Strictly Fresh 
*    *    *   Frigid Food Products, Inc., General Office, Detroit, Mich."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted wholly or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
On January 19, 1934, the Frigid Food Products, Inc., Baltimore, Md., having 
appeared as claimant for the property, judgment of condemnation and for- 
feiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be 
released to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond 
in the sum of $2,000, conditioned that no part be sold or disposed of until 
inspected and approved by this Department. On February 2, 1934, the cans 
containing decomposed eggs having been segregated and destroyed, the bond 
was ordered exonerated.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary oi Agriculture.