14395. Adulteration of dried whole egg sweepings and dried whole eggs.   U. S.
v. 40 Barrels, etc (and 1 other seizure action).   (F. D. C. Nos. 24125,
24126.   Sample Nos. 9267-K, 9268-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :    November 26, 1947, Southern District of New York, 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT:    On or about September 3 and 6, 1947, by the Alford Ter- 
minal Warehouse and the Alford Refrigerated Warehouse, Dallas, Tex.
PRODUCT: 2 llO-pound barrels of a product purporting to be dried whole eggs, 
and 40 125-pound barrels, 1 104-pound barrel, and 3 30-pound paper bags 
of dried whole eggs sweepings at New York, N. Y.
LABEL IN PART: (41 barrels) "Dried Whole Egg Sweepings." The paper bags 
and the 2   llO-pound barrels were unlabeled.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the products consisted 
in whole or in part of filthy substances and were otherwise unfit for food. (The 
products were contaminated with metal fragments, broom straws, brush fibers, 
string, soot, and miscellaneous dirt such as is found in floor sweepings.)
DISPOSITION : March 1,1948. Edson & Pratt, Inc., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having 
consented to the entry of a decree, judgment was entered ordering the products 
released under bond for the separation of the fit from the unfit, under the 
supervision of the Food and Drug Administration, and the denaturing of the 
unfit for use as animal feed. The reconditioning operations were not success- 
ful, and the products were denatured.
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