6179. Adulteration of eggs. U.S. * * * v. 19 Cases * * * of Shell Eggs. Default order?
of court for separation of the good eggs from the toad, and the sale of the good eggs?
and destruction of the bad.   (F. & D. No. 8388.   I. S. No. 8202-P.   S. No. C-708.)
On July 19, 1917, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,?
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of?
the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 19 cases,?
each containing 30 dozen eggs, at Chicago, 111., alleging that the article had been?
shipped on July 11, 1917, by Jacob Heib, Marion Junction, S. Dak., and transported?
from the State of South Dakota into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration?
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it consisted?
in part of a decomposed animal substance; for the further reason that it consisted?
wholly of a decomposed animal substance; for the further reason that it consisted in?
part of a filthy animal substance; and for the further reason that it consisted wholly?
of a filthy animal substance.
On July 24,1917, the matter having come on to be heard, upon motion of the United?
States attorney for an order for the disposition of the article, and it appearing to the?
court that the consignee and consignor had refused to claim the article, and that, the?
same was of a perishable character and rapidly deteriorating in quality and value,?
it was ordered by the court that the United States marshal be authorized and directed?
to separate such portion of the eggs as should be found to be fit for human food, and?
sell the same at the best price obtainable, and to destroy such portion of the article?
found by him to be unfit for food.
CARL VROOMAN,?
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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