16886.  Adultex-ation   of   frozen   eggs.     U.   S.   v.   541   Cans   of  Frozen  "Whole 
Egrg-s.     Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture.     Product 
released  under  bond.    (P.  &  D.  No.  24177.    I.   S.  No.  024276.    S.  No 
2407.)
On October 25, 1929, the United States attorney for the Southern District 
of New York, 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 condemnation of 541 cans of frozen whole eggs, remaining in the original 
unbroken packages at New York, N. Y., alleging that the article had been 
shipped by Armour & Co. from Duluth, Minn., on or about March 19, 1929, and 
transported from the State of Minnesota into the State of New York, and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. The article was labeled 
in part: " Whole Egg Purity Frozen Eggs * * * Anglo-American Provision 
Co., Distributors, Chicago, U. S. A."
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in part of a decomposed animal substance, since an examination of the 
product showed the presence of decomposed eggs.
On November 21, 1929, Armour & Co., New York, N. Y., claimant, 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 costs and execution of a bond in the sum of $5,000, conditioned in part that 
the cans containing good eggs be separated from those containing bad eggs, and 
the latter destroyed or denatured.
ARTHTJE M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.