11909. Adulteration of shell effgs.    TJ. S. v. 242 Cases of Eggrs.    Consent de-
eree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product released under 
bond to be candled. (F. & D. No. 17864. I. S. No 17527-v. S. No. 
C-4126.)
On or about September 27, 1923, 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 praying the 
seizure and condemnation of 242 cases of eggs, rema-'ning unsold in the original 
unbroken packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped 
by the M. J. Power Co., in various consignments, namely, from Madison and 
Marshfield, W;s., and Yankton, S. Dak., respectively, between the dates of 
June 8 and July 3, 1923, and transported from the States of Wisconsin and 
South Dakota, respectively, into the State of Illinois, and charging adulteration 
in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the rea- 
son that 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 October 1, 1923, M. J. Power & Co., Chicago, Ill., claimant, having ad- 
mitted the allegations of the libel and consented to the entry of a decree, judg- 
ment 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 proceed'ngs 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.