3694. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. v. 20 Cases of Shell Eggs. Default decree of con??
demnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 5864. I. S. No. 21726-h.?
S. No. C-73.)
On August 14, 1914, the United States attorney for the Northern District of?
Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis??
trict Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and?
condemnation of 20 cases, each containing 30 dozen shell eggs, remaining unsold?
in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, 111., alleging that the product had?
been shipped on August 5, 1914, and transported from the State of Minnesota?
into the State of Illinois, and. charging adulteration in violation of the Food and?
Drugs Act;
Adulteration was alleged in the libel for the reason that the article of food,?
when so shipped as aforesaid, consisted wholly of a filthy animal substance;?
further, for the reason that it consisted in part of a filthy animal substance; fur??
ther, for the reason that it consisted wholly of a decomposed animal sub??
stance; further, for the reason that it consisted in part of a decomposed animal?
substance; further, for the reason that it consisted wholly of a putrid animal?
substance; and further, for the reason that it consisted in part of a putrid ani??
mal substance.
On September 22, 1914, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg??
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the?
court that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26, 1915.
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