27010. Adulteration of  frozen   eggs.     U.   S.  v.   1,000, 441,   S3,  and  50  Cans of
Frozen Eggs. Consent decree of condemnation. Product released 
under bond conditioned that decomposed eggs be segregated and de- 
stroyed, and remainder relabeled. (F. & D. nos. 38879, 38880. Sample nos. 
8843-C to 8846-C, incl.)
These frozen eggs contained added water and were in part decomposed.
On December 29, 1936, 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 1,574 cans of frozen 
eggs at Jersey City, N. J., alleging that the article had been shipped in inter- 
state commerce in part on or about September 26, October 23, and October 26, 
1936, by the Producers' Produce Co., Inc., from Springfield, Mo.; and in part 
on or about December 7, 1936, from Chicago, Ill., by the Fulton Market Cold 
Storage Co., for the Producers' Produce Co., Inc., of Springfield, Mo.; and 
charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that water had been mixed and 
packed therewith so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or 
strength. Adulteration was alleged for the further reason that the article 
consisted in whole or in part of a decomposed or putrid animal substance.
On February 1, 1937, T. A. Ritter, New York, N. Y., claimant, having admitted 
the allegations of the libels and having consented to the entry of a decree, and 
the cases having been consolidated, judgment of condemnation was entered and 
it was ordered that the product be released under bond conditioned that the 
decomposed portions be segregated therefrom and destroyed or denatured, and 
the good portion properly labeled,
W. R. GBEGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.