17289. Adulteration of shell eggs.    TJ. s. v. 3 Cases, et al., of Shell Eggs.
Default   decrees   of   condemnation,   forfeiture,   and   destruction.
(F. & D. Nos. 24799, 24800.    I. S. Nos. 030212, 028150.    S. Nos. 2917, 2958.
On February 25, 1930 and February 28, 1930, respectively, the United 
States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the United 
States for said district libels praying seizure and condemnation of 5 cases 
of shell eggs, remaining in the original unbroken packages at West Chester, 
Pa., consigned by J. E. Blosser, alleging that the article had been shipped from 
Harrisonburg, Va., in part on or about February 19, 1930, and in part on or 
about February 26, 1930, and transported from the State of Virginia into the 
State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration in violation of the food 
and drugs act.   The article was labeled in part: " J. E. Blosser, Dayton, Va."
It was alleged in the libels that the article was adulterated in that it 
consisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On March 18, and March 31, 1930, respectively, no claimant having appeared 
for the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and 
it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United 
States marshal.
ARTHUR M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.