22922. Adulteration of   frozen   egg?s.     V.   S.   v.   356   Cans   of  Frozen   Eggs.
Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released 
under bond to be denatured.     (F. & D. no. 33008.     Sample no. 70S05-A.)
This case involved frozen eggs which were found to be partially decomposed.
On June 27, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 356 cans of frozen eggs at Jersey 
City, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce, 
on or about April 28, 1934, by Swift & Co., from Chicago, Ill., and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act
The libel alleged that the article was adulterated in that it consisted in part 
of a decomposed animal substance.
On August 3, 1934, Swift & Co., claimant, having admitted the allegations of 
the libel and having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemna- 
tion and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered that the product be released 
to the claimant upon payment of costs and the execution of a bond in the sum 
of $500, conditioned that it be denatured with kerosene so that it could not be 
disposed of for human consumption.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.