3767. Adulteration of dried eggs, dried onions, and dried potatoes. U. S. v. 5 
Cases of Dried Potatoes, 5 Cases of Dried Onions, and 4 Cases of Dried 
Eggs (and 1 other case against dried eggs and dried potatoes). Default 
decrees of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. Nos. 5025 to 5027, 
incl.    Sample Nos. 60281-B to 60284-B, incl., 60286-E,  60289-B,  61504-E.)
The potatoes and the onions were contaminated with insect fragments and 
rodent hairs and the eggs contained insect fragments and rodent hairs and 
excreta.
On June 30, 1941, the United States attorney for the Western District of Wash- 
ington filed a libel against 5 cases each containing 12 5-pound cans of dried 
potatoes, 5 cases each containing 24 1-pound cans of dried sliced onions, and 4 
cases each containing 24 1-pound cans of dried eggs at Tacoma, Wash.; and 
on August 6, 1941 (amending a second libel originally filed on. June 30, 1941), 
a libel against 22 cases each containing 12 5-pound cans of dried potatoes 
and 14 eases each containing 24 1-pound cans of dried eggs at Seattle, Wash., 
alleging that the articles had been shipped by the Dayton Evaporating & Packing 
Co. from Dayton, Oreg., within the period from on or about March 17 to on or 
about May 16, 1941; and charging that they were adulterated. They were 
labeled in part: "Gold Nugget Brand * * * Evaporated Vegetables Granu- 
lated Potatoes [or "Sliced Onions"]"; or "Gold Nugget Brand Desiccated Eggs."
The articles were alleged to be adulterated in that they consisted in whole or in 
part of filthy substances; and in that they had been prepared under insanitary 
conditions whereby they might have become contaminated with filth.
On October 15, 1941, and February 19, 1942, no claimant having appeared, 
judgments of condemnation were entered and the products were ordered 
destroyed.
POULTRY
Nos 2768 to 2770 report the institution of criminal proceedings and the 
judgments entered in actions based on the shipment of diseased poultry.