15437. Adulteration of shell eggs.     V. S. v. 14 Cases of Eggs.     Default de 
cree   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.     (F.   &   D.   No.
21994.    I. S. No. 13101-x.    S. No. 10.)
On July 7, 1927, the United States attorney for the District of Colorado, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 14 cases of eggs, remaining unsold in the original unbroken 
packages at Denver, Colo., consigned by the Angora Mercantile Co., Angora, 
Nebr., alleging that the article had been shipped from Angora, Nebr., on or 
about June 23, 1927, and transported from the State of Nebraska into the 
State of Colorado, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and 
drugs act. The article was labeled in part: " From Angora Mercantile Com- 
pany   *   *    *   Angora, Nebraska."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated, in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid -animal 
substance, to wit, decomposed and rotten eggs.   
On November 12, 1927, 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 be destroyed by the United States marshal.
W. M. JARDINE, Secretary of Agriculture.