17820. Adulteration of   sbell   eggs.    V.   S.   v.   10   Cases   of   Egrgs.    Default
decree of destruction  entered.     (F. & D.  No. 25271.    I.  S.  No. 8299. 
S.  No.  3471.)
A large part of the eggs from the herein-described interstate shipment having 
been found to be decomposed, the Secretary of Agriculture reported the matter 
to the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota.
On September 23, 1930, the United States attorney filed in the District Court 
of the United States for the district aforesaid a libel praying seizure and con- 
demnation of 10 cases of eggs, remaining in the original unbroken packages
at Hastings, Minn., alleging that the article had been shipped by Lyle 
Randall, from River Falls, Wis., in two consignments, on or about September 
8 and September 9, 1930, and had been transported from the State of Wisconsin 
into the State of Minnesota, and charging adulteration in violation of the 
food and drugs act.
It was alleged in the libel that the article was adulterated in that it con- 
sisted in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On December 9, 1930, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment was entered ordering that the product be destroyed by the United States 
marshal.
AETHUB M. HYDE, Secretary of Agriculture.