5685. Adulteration of frozen whole eggs and adulteration and misbranding of
frozen sugared' egg yolks. U. S. v. 450 Cartons and 7 Cartons of Frozen 
Whole Eggs and 156 Cartons of Frozen Sugared Egg Yolks. Decrees of 
condemnation. Portion of product ordered destroyed; remainder ordered 
released under bond for segregation and relabeling. (F. D. C. Nos. 10966, 
12044.    Sample Nos. 51237-F, 51238-F, 76525-F.)
On October 18, 1943, and March 24, 1944, the United States attorneys for the 
District of Massachusetts and the Southern District of New York filed libels 
against 450 30-pound cartons of frozen whole eggs and 156 30-pound cartons of 
frozen sugared egg yolks at Springfield, Mass., and 7 30-pound cartons of frozen 
whole eggs at New York, N. Y., alleging that the articles had been shipped on or 
about August 6, 1943, from Detroit, Mich., and on or about January 6, 1944, from 
St. Louis, Mo., by Frigid Food Products, Inc.; and charging that they were adul- 
terated and that the sugared egg yolks were also misbranded. They were labeled 
in part: (Carton) "Frigidegs Frozen Strickiy Fresh * * * Whole Eggs," 
"Frigidegs Frozen Strictly Fresh Sugared Egg Yolks Approx. 10% Sugar Added 
Contains Egg Yolks & Whites," or "Fr Egg added Sugar Whole Eggs."
Both lots of frozen whole eggs were alleged to be adulterated in that they con- 
sisted in whole or in., part of a decomposed substance. The frozen sugared egg 
yolks were alleged to be adulterated in that a product which consisted of egg 
yolks with added egg whites and sugar had been substituted for egg yolks with 
approximately 10 percent sugar added, which it purported and was represented to 
be.
The egg yolks were alleged to be misbranded in that the name "Sugared Egg
/ Yolks" was misleading as applied to a product which was a mixture of egg yolks
and egg whites with added sugar, and the misleading character of the state-'
ment was not corrected or relieved by the statement "Contains Egg Yolks and 
Whites," which appeared in much smaller type two lines below the prominently 
displayed words "Sugared Egg Yolks"; and in that they were offered for sale 
under the name of another food, "Sugared Egg Yolks."
On November 3, 1943, Frigid Food Products, Inc., claimant for the 2 lots at 
Springfield, having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment Of condemna- 
tion was entered and the products were ordered released under bond to be re- 
conditioned, in the case of the lot that was in part decomposed, by separating 
the fit portion from the unfit portion, and, in the case of the egg yolks, by properly 
relabeling the cartons under the supervision of the Food and Drug Administra- 
tion. On April 11, 1944, no claimant having appeared for the 7 cartons seized at 
New York, judgment of condemnation was entered and the product was ordered 
destroyed.