11839. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. v. 16 Cases of Eggs, Consent de cree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under bond. (F. & D. No. 17754. I. S. No. 7026-v. S. No. C-4085.) On August 2, 1923, 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 praying the seizure and condemnation of 16 cases of eggs, remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by the Bellman Produce Co., from Yankton, S. Dak., July 25, 1923, and transported from the State of South Dakota into the State of Illinois, and charging adul- teration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason >fhat it consisted in part of a filthy animal substance, for the further reason that it consisted in part of a decomposed animal substance, and for the further reason that it consisted in part of a putrid animal substance. On September 8, 1923, A. F. Thibodeau Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be released to the said claimant upon payment of the costs of the proceedings and the execution of a bond in the sum of $1,000. in conformity with section 10 of the act, conditioned in part that it be candled under the supervision of this department, the bad portion destroyed and the good portion released. How Aim M. GORE, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.