16916. Adulteration of   canned   frozen   eggs.     TJ.    S.   v.   382   Cans    of   Frozen
Eggs. Consent decree of condemnation and forfeiture. Product 
released under bond. (F. & D. No. 23801. I. S. No. 02737. S. No. 
2022.)
On or about June 11, 1929, the United States attorney for the Western 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 382 cans of frozen eggs, remaining in the original unbroken 
packages at Buffalo, N. Y., consigned by Armour & Co., Duluth, Minn., alleging 
that the article had been shipped from Duluth, Minn., on or about November 
29, 1929 (1928), and transported from the State of Minnesota into the State of 
New York, and charging adulteration in violation of the food and drugs act. 
The article was labeled in part: " Whole Eggs * * * Anglo American Pro- 
vision Co., Distributors, Chicago, U. S. A." "
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a decomposed animal substance:
On June 24, 1929, Armour & Co., claimant, having admitted the material 
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 the 
execution of a. bond in the sum of $5,800, conditioned in part that it be salvaged 
under the supervision of this department and the portion found unfit for human 
consumption denatured.
R. W. DTJNLAP, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.