29547. Adulteration of dried egg; yolks.    J. S. v. 15 Barrels of Dried Egg: Yolks.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 42019. 
Sample No. 17743-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining un- 
sold and in the original packages, was at the time of examination found to 
contain excessive moisture and to be moldy and decomposed. 
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On March 19, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in -the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 15 barrels of dried 
egg yolks at San Francisco, Calif.; alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about May 13, 1937, by the Commercial Creamery 
Co. from Portland, Oreg.; and charging adulteration in violation of the Food 
and Drugs Act
The article was alleged to be-adulterated in that excess moisture had been 
substituted wholly or in part for dried egg yolks, and in that it consisted wholly 
or in part of a decomposed animal'substance.
On October 19, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.