13708. Adulteration of shell eggs. U. S. v. 360 Cases of Eggs. Decree of 
condemnation and forfeiture.     Product released under bond.     (F. &
D. No. 20404.    I. S. No. 1256-x.    S. No. C-4802.)
On August 5, 1925, 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 360 cases of eggs, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Chicago, Ill., alleging that the article had been shipped by B. A. 
Oesterich, from Lemmon, S. Dak., on or about July 30, 1925, 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 the libel for the reason that it 
consisted in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal substance.
During the month of August, 1925, B. A. Oesterich, Lemmon, S. Dak., claim- 
ant, having admitted the allegations of the libel and having 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.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.